Abbott's Booby
Papasula abbotti
IUCN: Endangered
Taxonomy
- Order
- Suliformes
- Family
- Sulidae
- Genus
- Papasula
- eBird Code
- abbboo2
Distribution
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 Guinea
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.