Gannets, Boobies

Brown Booby

Sula leucogaster

The Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) is a 1.3 kg ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Gannets, Boobies

Order

Suliformes

Weight

1.3 kg

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

75

Recorded in AI, United States, Australia, BQ, Brazil, Taiwan, MF, Puerto Rico, VI, Colombia, VG, Panama, Indonesia, SX, Japan, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Belize, Mexico, Fr. Polynesia, Venezuela, Saint Lucia, Israel, St. Vin. and Gren., Cabo Verde, CX, Bahamas, UM, MS, Costa Rica, MP, Curaçao, Fiji, KY, Antigua and Barb., Dominican Rep., AW, Oman, GP, Canada, Cuba, Papua New Guinea, KN, Honduras, BL, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, New Caledonia, Dominica, SH, Tonga, Philippines, Denmark, United Kingdom, MQ, Barbados, AS, Solomon Is., Egypt, Spain, Portugal, Jamaica, Sao Tome and Principe, CC, Kiribati, Guam, France, Yemen, New Zealand, Senegal, Samoa, Micronesia, MH, IO, Palau.

Where to see it: Point Blanche Port (Sint Maarten (Dutch part)); Boatswain Bird Island (landing prohibited) (Saint Helena); Gustavia (Saint Barthélemy); Tuvalu (Tuvalu); Jost Van Dyke · Great Harbor (British Virgin Islands).

Photo: (c) João D'Andretta, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist