Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae)
Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) - HBW 1, p. 324
French: Fou à pieds rouges
German: Rotfußtölpel
Spanish: Piquero Patirrojo
Taxonomy: Pelecanus Sula Linnaeus, 1766, Barbados, West Indies.
Three subspecies commonly recognized, though validity doubtful.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sula (Linnaeus, 1766) - Caribbean and SW Atlantic.
- rubripes Gould, 1838 - tropical W & C Pacific and Indian Oceans.
- websteri Rothschild, 1898 - E Pacific.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult in the nest, brooding its chick Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp websteri)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 5 years ago 28 sec 4.9 -
Three birds of the brown morph perched in a tree, showing three age plumages and bill colour: adult, juvenile and immature (from Locality Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji (ssp rubripes)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2012 30 weeks ago 35 sec 4.9 -
A bird taking a branch and flying to the nest, close to its mate, while calling; then one performs the "sky-pointing" display an Locality Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji (ssp rubripes)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2012 30 weeks ago 1 min 4 sec 4.8 -
Brown morph and white morph at nest Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands
Pascal Vagner 12 May 2012 23 weeks ago 39 sec 4.8 -
An adult bird (white morph) preening in a tree and playing with a feather. Locality Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji (ssp rubripes)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2012 30 weeks ago 33 sec 4.8 -
Red-footed Booby (white morph) colony nesting and roosting. Locality Half Moon Caye, Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize (ssp sula)
Wayne Hall 4 March 2009 4 years ago 1 min 36 sec 4.8
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Adult preening in a tree
Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp websteri)
Howard Banwell 12 June 2004 3 years ago 4.5 -
Portrait of a juvenile
Locality Kauai, Hawaiian Islands (ssp rubripes)
Aleix Comas 21 July 2009 3 years ago 4.5 -
A pair of red-footed boobies roosting in Salt Bush (Naupaka)
Locality Kiritimati (Christmas) Island, Line Islands, Kiribati
srchester 1 March 1985 20 weeks ago 4.4 -
Adult pale morph displaying
Locality Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia
Julien Baudat-Franceschi 31 May 2012 38 weeks ago 4.4 -
A 2nd cycle bird perching on boat
Locality L'Estartit, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Aleix Comas 6 December 2010 2 years ago 4.1 -
Red-footed Booby and chick nesting in Beach Naupaka
Locality Kiritimati (Christmas) Island, Line Islands, Kiribati
srchester 1 March 1985 20 weeks ago 4
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Calls by a chick in the nest. Locality Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji
(ssp rubripes)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2012 30 weeks ago 4 -
Calls by several birds in a colony. Locality Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji
(ssp rubripes)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2012 30 weeks ago 4 -
Calling at nesting colony Locality Half Moon Caye, Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize
(ssp sula)
Wayne Hall 16 February 2010 3 years ago 4
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