Red-footed booby
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The red-footed booby (Sula sula) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. Adults always have red feet, but the colour of the plumage varies. They are powerful and agile fliers, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings. They are found widely in the tropics, and breed colonially in coastal regions, especially islands. The species faces few natural or man-made threats, although its population is declining; it is considered to be a least-concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Quick Facts Red-footed booby Temporal range: Holocene – recent, Conservation status ...
Red-footed booby | |
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White morph, Philippines | |
Brown morph, male, Galápagos Islands | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Suliformes |
Family: | Sulidae |
Genus: | Sula |
Species: | S. sula |
Binomial name | |
Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
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