Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster - Fou brun
Systematics
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Order:
Suliformes
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Family:
Sulidés
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Genus:
Sula
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Species:
leucogaster
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 74 cm
- Wingspan: 132 à 150 cm.
- Weight: 724 à 1550 g
Longevity
24 years
Geographic range
Identification
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) is a species of bird in the Sulidae family.
Subspecific information 3 subspecies
- Sula leucogaster leucogaster (Caribbean and Atlantic Is.)
- Sula leucogaster etesiaca (Pacific coasts of Central America and Colombia)
- Sula leucogaster plotus (Red Sea through the Indian Ocean to the w and c Pacific)
Foreign names
- Fou brun,
- Piquero pardo,
- atobá-pardo,
- Weißbauchtölpel,
- barna szula,
- Bruine Gent,
- Sula fosca,
- brunsula,
- Brunsule,
- sula hnedá,
- terej žlutonohý,
- Brun Sule,
- ruskosuula,
- Bruinmalgas,
- mascarell bru,
- Brúnsúla,
- głuptak białobrzuchy,
- brūnā sulla,
- rjavi strmoglavec,
- Бурая олуша,
- Angsa-batu coklat,
- カツオドリ,
- 褐鲣鸟,
- นกบู๊บบี้สีน้ำตาล,
- 白腹鰹鳥,
Habitat
Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Birds of Asia and Australia, David Alderton
- Vol. 1 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot-Jordi Sargatal
- ARKive, Christopher Parsons
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Birds in backyards, Birds Australia and Australian Museum
- HBW Alive,
- Wikipedia (English version),
- IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes