as part of an Endangered Animals of the World project
organised by Cannelton Elementary School in Indiana, USA and Primary School De Wadden of Haarlem, Netherlands.
Abbott's Booby
Drawn by Matt, Sean and Peter 4D
Common Name :
Abbott's Booby
Scientific Name :
Sula abbotti
Habitat :
It lives in the rainforest trees of Christmas Island.
Diet :
Eats flying fishes and squid which it finds in the warm waters near Indonesia.
Size :
This is a large seabird growing to a maximum length of around 750 mm, a wing-span of about 2 metres.
Danger :
The danger is large scale clearing of rainforests on Christmas Island for Phosphate mining in the 1960s -
1970s.
Researched by :
Matt, Sean and Peter 4D
Reference:
CD called "Wildinfo Australia"
Windows Version
Australian Endangered, Vulnerable and Extinct Fauna.
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