Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae)
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) - HBW 1, p. 325
French: Fou brun
German: Weißbauchtölpel
Spanish: Piquero Pardo
Other common names: White-bellied Booby
Taxonomy: Pelecanus Leucogaster Boddaert, 1783, Cayenne.
Known to have hybridized with S. dactylatra and these two species evidently very close; juvenile dactylatra closely resembles present species. Subspecies brewsteri formerly considered a full species. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783) - – Caribbean and tropical Atlantic.
- plotus (J. R. Forster, 1844) - – Red Sea and W Indian Ocean to C Pacific.
- brewsteri Goss, 1888 - – NE tropical Pacific.
- etesiaca Thayer & Bangs, 1905 - – CE Pacific.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird flying and fishing Locality Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (ssp leucogaster)
Max Roth 31 August 2001 7 years ago 14 sec 4.7 -
A bird perched on a rock and a Black Noddy landing close to it for a few seconds. Locality Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji (ssp plotus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2012 29 weeks ago 24 sec 4.6 -
A group of males on nests with downy chick, showing cliff line habitat Locality Aguiguan, Northern Mariana Islands (ssp plotus)
Curt Kessler 31 October 2006 5 years ago 31 sec 4.5 -
Nestlings in various stages Locality Aguiguan, Northern Mariana Islands (ssp plotus)
Curt Kessler 31 October 2006 5 years ago 43 sec 4.5 -
An individual perched on a rock. Locality Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji (ssp plotus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2012 29 weeks ago 18 sec 4.4 -
A big group of birds in a beach Locality Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia (ssp plotus)
Eldert Groenewoud 6 August 2007 4 years ago 16 sec 4.4
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A adult female visiting our ship off San Juan PR
Locality San Juan, Puerto Rico (ssp leucogaster)
Captain Peter 19 December 2012 14 weeks ago 4.3 -
Piquero Pardo
Locality Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil
Miguel Andina 22 May 2012 37 weeks ago 4.3 -
Female(L) and male(R) on Coronado Island
Locality Coronado Islands, Baja California State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp brewsteri)
John Pratt 3 September 2010 19 weeks ago 4.3 -
Two males fighting
Locality Bampton Island, Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia (ssp plotus)
Julien Baudat-Franceschi 20 November 2011 37 weeks ago 4.3 -
Female incubating
Locality North West Lagoon, North Province, New Caledonia (ssp plotus)
Julien Baudat-Franceschi 23 November 2005 38 weeks ago 4.2 -
A adult female visiting our ship off San Juan PR
Locality San Juan, Puerto Rico (ssp leucogaster)
Captain Peter 19 December 2012 14 weeks ago 4.2
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