Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae)
Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) - HBW 1, p. 323
French: Fou à pieds bleus
German: Blaufußtölpel
Spanish: Piquero Camanay
Taxonomy: Sula nebouxii Milne Edwards, 1882, Chile.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nebouxii Milne Edwards, 1882 - E Pacific, breeding NW Mexico and Panama to N Peru.
- excisa Todd, 1948 - Galapagos.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A colony, with chicks of different ages Locality Plaza Sur, Galapagos Islands (ssp excisa)
Peter van Dam 5 June 2005 3 years ago 36 sec 4.9 -
An egg and a chick with an adult in the nest Locality North Seymour, Galapagos Islands (ssp excisa)
Anna Motis 20 August 2005 3 years ago 29 sec 4.6 -
An adult preening its wing and breast Locality Isla Lobos, San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands (ssp excisa)
Anna Motis 18 August 2005 3 years ago 18 sec 4.6 -
An adult with a downy chick, panting Locality Isla Lobos, San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands (ssp excisa)
Anna Motis 18 August 2005 3 years ago 21 sec 4.6 -
A pair calling Locality Española, Galapagos Islands (ssp excisa)
Peter Nash 20 April 2004 5 years ago 14 sec 4.6 -
A close-up of an adult resting on a rock. Locality Isla Lobos, San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands (ssp excisa)
Anna Motis 18 August 2005 37 weeks ago 23 sec 4.5
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Four Blue-footed Boobies feeding on fishes that feed on algae that grow on the hull of the ship
Locality Baltra, Galapagos Islands (ssp incisa)
Gerard Visser 4 April 2006 1 year ago 4.1 -
A bird got in Isabela Island
Locality Galapagos Islands
raniero massoli-novelli 23 May 2005 19 weeks ago 4 -
An adult
Locality Galapagos Islands
raniero massoli-novelli 1 May 2005 20 weeks ago 4 -
Two birds next to a cliff
Locality Isla de la Plata, Manabí Province, Ecuador
JOSÉ ENRIQUE JIMÉNEZ 14 August 2006 1 year ago 4 -
Two birds performing courtship display.
Locality North Seymour, Galapagos Islands (ssp excisa)
Josep del Hoyo 14 August 1992 19 weeks ago 3.9 -
Blue Footed Booby standing on shoreline
Locality San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands
Don Johnston 10 July 2007 46 weeks ago 3.7
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Male (whistle call) and female (croak) Locality Española, Galapagos Islands
(ssp excisa)
Andrew_Davis 14 June 2004 2 years ago 3
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