Abbott's booby

Papasula abbotti

The Abbott's booby (Papasula abbotti) is a bird found in Christmas Island. Open ocean. It nests in tall rainforest trees on Christmas Island. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fish. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Papasula abbotti
Region	Australia & Oceania
Found in	Christmas Island

🏡 Where the Abbott's booby lives

Open ocean. It nests in tall rainforest trees on Christmas Island.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs50%
🐟 Fish50%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It nests high in the rainforest trees of Christmas Island, and nowhere else.

Hear the Abbott's booby

Recorded by Craig Robertson (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC583373. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Abbott's booby

Where does the Abbott's booby live?

The Abbott's booby lives in Christmas Island. Open ocean. It nests in tall rainforest trees on Christmas Island.

What does the Abbott's booby eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 50%), fish (about 50%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Abbott's booby endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.