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Abbott's Booby

Papasula abbotti (Ridgway, R 1893)

Abbott's booby is an endangered seabird of the sulid family, which includes gannets and boobies. It is a large booby and is placed within its own monotypic genus. It was first identified from a specimen collected by William Louis Abbott, who discovered it on Assumption Island in 1892. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Sulidae
Genus:
   Papasula
Scientific:
  Papasula abbotti

Original description

Citation:
  (Ridgway, R 1893)

Reference:
   Proc. U.S. Ntnl. Mus. 16 p.599

Protonym:
  Sula abbotti

Type locality:
  Assumption Island.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15780967

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  92A2CCFC06063A60

Avibase ID:
  avibase-92A2CCFC

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/92A2CCFC

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 561804


ENDANGERED

Geographic range:

  • Papasula abbotti: Christmas Island (eastern Indian Ocean)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Abbott's Booby
Catalan:
Mascarell d'Abbott
Czech:
terej Abbottův
Danish:
Juleø-sule
German:
Abbotttölpel
Spanish:
Piquero de Abbott
Spanish (Spain):
Piquero de Abbott
Finnish:
joulusaarensuula
French:
Fou d'Abbott
Croatian:
crnokrila bluna
Hungarian:
falakó szula
Italian:
Sula di Abbott
Japanese (romaji):
momogurokatsuodori
Japanese:
モモグロカツオドリ
Lithuanian:
Aboto padūkėlis
Dutch:
Abbotts Gent
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Christmassule
Norwegian:
Christmassule
Polish:
głuptak czarnoskrzydły
Portuguese:
Atobá-de-Abbott
Portuguese (Portugal):
alcatraz-de-abbott
Russian:
Олуша Эбботта
Slovak:
sula čiernokrídla
Serbian:
Crnokrila bluna
Swedish:
julösula
Ukrainian:
Сула чорнокрила
Chinese:
粉嘴鲣鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
粉嘴鰹鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Fou d'Abbott ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Fou d'Abbott ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Abbot's Booby ( Sula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Abbott's Booby ( Sula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Abbott's Booby ( Sula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Abbott's Booby ( Sula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Abbott's Booby ( Sula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Abbott's Booby ( Sula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Abbott's Booby ( Sula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Abbott's Booby ( Sula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Abbott's Booby ( Sula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Abbott's Booby ( Sula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Abbott's Booby ( Sula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Abbott's Booby ( Sula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Abbott's Booby ( Sula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Abbott's Booby ( Sula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Abbott's Booby ( Sula abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Abbott's Booby ( Sula abbotti) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Abbott's Booby ( Sula abbotti) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Sula abbotti [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Sula abbotti [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Sula abbotti [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Abbott's Booby ( Papasula abbotti) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Papasula abbotti [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Papasula abbotti [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Bulgarian: Рибояд на Абот
Bengali: ি঄যাফমটয ফুচফ
Bengali (transliteration): ayābaṭēra bubi*
Catalan: Mascarell d'Abbott
Montenegrin: crnokrila bluna, црнокрила блуна
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): црнокрила блуна
Czech: Terej Abbottuv, terej Abbottův
Chuvash: хура çунатлă олуша
Danish: Juleø-sule
German: Abbott Tölpel, Abbotttölpel, Abbott-Tölpel
English: Abbot's Booby, Abbott's Booby, Spotted-backed Booby
English, HBW: Abbott's Booby
English (IOC): Abbott's Booby
English (United States): Abbott's Booby
Esperanto: Abota naivulo, Papasulo
Spanish: Alcatraz de Abbott, Piquero de Abbott
Spanish (Spain): Piquero de Abbott
Spanish (HBW): Abbott's Booby
Estonian: metssuula
Finnish: Joulusaarensuula
French: Fou d’Abbott, Fou d'Abbott
Croatian: crnokrila bluna
Hungarian: falakó szula
Indonesian: Angsabatu Christmas, Angsa-batu christmas, Gangsa batu Abotti
Italian: di Abbott, Sula dai piedi grigi, Sula di Abbott
Japanese (romaji): momogurokatsuodori
Japanese: モモグロカツオドリ
Kazakh: Абботтың ұзынтісшелі тұмсықтысы
Kirghiz: Аббот дөдөй казы, Аббота дөдөй казы
Scientific: Papasula abbotti, Papasula abbotti abbotti, Sula abbotti
Lithuanian: Aboto padūkėlis, Aboto smigikas
Maltese: suli ta' Abbott
Dutch: Abbot-gent, Abbotts Gent
Norwegian Nynorsk: Christmassule
Norwegian: Christmassule
Polish: gluptak czarnoskrzydly, głuptak czarnoskrzydły
Portuguese: Atobá-de-Abbott
Portuguese (Portugal): alcatraz-de-abbott
Russian: Олуша Абботта, Олуша Эббота, Олуша Эбботта
Slovak: sula čiernokrídla
Serbian: Crnokrila bluna
Swedish: Christmassula, julösula
Turkish: Abbott Sümsüğü
Ukrainian: Сула чорнокрила
Chinese: 粉嘴鲣鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 粉嘴鰹鳥

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