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 3 years ago 28 sec 4.9 -
Red-footed Booby (white morph) colony nesting and roosting. Locality Half Moon Caye, Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize (ssp sula)
Wayne Hall 4 March 2009 2 years ago 1 min 36 sec 4.7 -
An adult and its downy chick at the nest, the first preening Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp websteri)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 3 years ago 32 sec 4.5 -
An adult brooding its small chick, preening Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp websteri)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 3 years ago 27 sec 4.5 -
A close-up of the head of an adult in the nest Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp websteri)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 3 years ago 34 sec 4.5 -
A pair displaying on a mangrove tree Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp websteri)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 3 years ago 45 sec 4.5
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A 2nd cycle bird perching on boat
Locality L'Estartit, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Aleix Comas 6 December 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Adult preening in a tree
Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp websteri)
Howard Banwell 12 June 2004 1 year ago 4 -
Portrait of a juvenile
Locality Kauai, Hawaiian Islands (ssp rubripes)
Aleix Comas 21 July 2009 2 years ago 4 -
A bird perched, off the coast.
Locality Cristóbal, Colón Province, Panama
Captain Peter 28 April 2009 9 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird standing
Locality Galapagos Islands (ssp websteri)
raniero massoli-novelli 1 May 2005 1 year ago 3.6 -
Adult bird in nest (brown morph).
Locality Isla de la Plata, Manabí Province, Ecuador (ssp websteri)
Joe Tobias 1 August 1990 10 weeks ago 3.4
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Calling at nesting colony Locality Half Moon Caye, Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize
(ssp sula)
Wayne Hall 16 February 2010 1 year ago 4
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