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Red-footed Booby

Sula sula

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About the Red-footed Booby

The red-footed booby (Sula sula) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. Adults always have red feet, but the colour of the plumage varies. They are powerful and agile fliers, harnessing the wind to fly efficiently, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings. They forage by catching flying fish from above the ocean's surface and by performing shallow dives. They are found widely in the tropics, and breed colonially in coastal regions, especially isolated islands such as St. Brandon, Mauritius (Cargados Carajos shoals), and the Chagos Archipelago. Although its population is declining, it is considered to be a least-concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name
Sula sula
Family
Boobies and Gannets
Order
Suliformes

Similar species

Other members of the boobies and gannets family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

  • Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
  • Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
  • Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
  • Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
  • Nazca Booby Sula granti
  • Northern Gannet Morus bassanus

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