Abbott's Booby
Papasula abbotti(Ridgway, R, 1893)
English (US) Abbott's Booby
The Abbott's Booby (Papasula abbotti) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Sulidae (Boobies and Gannets) in the order Suliformes.
Range: breeds Christmas Island (east-central Indian Ocean), formerly also Assumption (Seychelles) and Mascarenes; subfossil remains from Solomon Islands eastward to Marquesas; ranges to near Java, Moluccas, and southwest of New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Papasula abbotti
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Abbott's Booby
- Described by
- (Ridgway, R, 1893)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sula abbotti
- Described by
- (Ridgway, R, 1893)
- Type locality
- Assumption Island.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum 16, no.953 p.599
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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