Species Papasula abbotti (Ridgway, 1893)

Museums

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External Links

• Sula abbotti Ridgway, R. 1893. Descriptions of some new birds collected on the islands of Aldabra and Assumption, northwest of Madagascar, by W.L. Abbott. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 16: 597-600 [599].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 128761 Skin, Assumption Island, Aldabra Islands [9°47'S, 46°31'E].

  Type locality references:

  Deignan, H.G. 1961. Type Specimens of Birds in the United States National Museum. United States National Museum Bulletin 221: 1-718 [18].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Entire population breeds on Christmas Island, foraging within 500 km but occasionally further, only mainland records from NW Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Dampierland (DL)

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Common Name References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Abbott's Booby)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [20] (Abbott's Booby)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	28-Oct-2022	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020	PELECANIFORMES	23-Apr-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Wayne Longmore
		01-May-2014	MODIFIED