Red-footed Booby

Sula sula - Fou à pieds rouges

Systematics

Order
:
Suliformes
Family
:
Sulidés
Genus
:
Sula
Species
:
sula

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics

Size
: 77 cm
Wingspan
: 91 à 101 cm.
Weight
: 850 à 1100 g

Longevity

40 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) is a species of bird in the Sulidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Sula sula sula (Caribbean and sw Atlantic islands)
Sula sula rubripes (tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans)
Sula sula websteri (ec Pacific)

Foreign names

Fou à pieds rouges,
Piquero patirrojo,
atobá-de-pés-vermelhos,
Rotfußtölpel,
piroslábú szula,
Roodpootgent,
Sula zamperosse,
rödfotad sula,
Rødfotsule,
sula červenonohá,
terej červenonohý,
Rødfodet Sule,
punajalkasuula,
Rooipootmalgas,
mascarell cama-roig,
Trjásúla,
głuptak czerwononogi,
sarkankāju sulla,
rdečenogi strmoglavec,
Красноногая олуша,
Angsa-batu kaki-merah,
アカアシカツオドリ,
红脚鲣鸟,
นกบู๊บบี้ตีนแดง,
紅腳鰹鳥,

Voice song and cries

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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)

Geographic range

Illustration

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Sources of information

Vol. 1 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot-Jordi Sargatal
The Sulidae, Gannets and Boobies, J. Brian Nelson
Fou de fous, monographie photographique sur les sulidae, Christian Mariavelle
ARKive, Christopher Parsons
Avibase, Lepage Denis
All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
HBW Alive,
Wikipedia (English version),
IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.

Other sources of interest