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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Nestlings in various stages Locality Aguiguan, Northern Mariana Islands (ssp plotus)
Curt Kessler 31 October 2006 4 years ago 43 sec 4.5 -
A close-up of a female face and exhibiting gular flutter Locality Aguiguan, Northern Mariana Islands (ssp plotus)
Curt Kessler 31 October 2006 4 years ago 33 sec 4.4 -
A bird flying and fishing Locality Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (ssp leucogaster)
Max Roth 31 August 2001 6 years ago 14 sec 4.3 -
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 4 years ago 31 sec 4.1 -
A bird swimming in front of the Matahariku, the ship of the Banda Sea Expedition. Locality Anggarmasa, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp plotus)
Josep del Hoyo 1 November 2011 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 25 sec 4 -
An immature standing Locality Lehua Island, Hawaiian Islands (ssp plotus)
Curt Kessler 31 October 2006 4 years ago 20 sec 3.9
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A bird swimming.
Locality Anggarmasa, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp plotus)
James Eaton 1 November 2011 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4 -
a bird perched on a trunk
Locality Cahuita National Park, Limón Province, Costa Rica (ssp leucogaster)
Ferran Vaquero 27 August 2009 1 year ago 4 -
Bird in captivity (recovery center of Center of Marine Studies, Federal University of Parana, Pontal do Sul, Brazil)
Locality Paraná State, Brazil (ssp leucogaster)
Jérôme Fournier 30 November 2006 2 years ago 4 -
Perched on a rock along the sea shore
Locality Cartagena de Indias, Bolívar Department, Colombia (ssp leucogaster)
Blair Wainman 31 October 2007 2 years ago 4 -
A bird in flight, showing lower pattern.
Locality Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia (ssp plotus)
Fran Trabalon 21 October 2007 35 weeks ago 3.9 -
An adult perched.
Locality Cristóbal, Colón Province, Panama
Captain Peter 15 April 2010 9 weeks ago 3.8
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