Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
The blue-footed booby is one of six species of plunge-diving birds, closely related to gannets, that often have brightly colored feet. The blue-footed booby is brown with white under-sides.
Blue-footed Booby
Adult
Similar Species
Adult Northern Gannet has black only in wingtips and is much larger. Immature gannet can be very similarly marked. Gannet has feathering in front of eyes, boobies do not.
Blue-footed booby Sula nebouxii
Identification Tips:
Length: 26 inches Wingspan: 64 inches
Sexes similar
Pelagic bird only coming ashore to breed
Large bird that dives for fish from air
Takes 2 to 3 years to reach adult plumage ...
Blue-Footed Booby - Sula nebouxii.
The blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) is an adorable looking sea bird with bright seafoam-blue webbed feet and a blue-gray face to match.
The blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii (Milne-Edwards, 1882), is famous for two reasons: its link to Charles Darwin's expedition to the Galapagos Islands, and its name.
RangeThe blue-footed booby breeds from the Gulf of California south to Peru.
Habitat The blue-footed booby lives on the open sea except when it is breeding. It breeds on ocean islands.
Blue-Footed Booby Range
Fast Facts
Type: Bird Diet: Carnivore Average life span in the wild: 17 years Size: 32 to 34 in (80 to 85 cm); Wingspan, nearly 5 ft (1.5 m) Weight: 3.
Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii)
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Blue-footed Booby
Nasca Booby
Waved Albatross
The Waved Albatross is now appropriately called the Galápagos Albatross by authors such as Ticknell which is the reference for this description.
Blue-footed Booby.
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Sulidae
The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish.
The blue-footed booby is the most well known species of booby and is most commonly found on the Galapagos islands and Ecuador. The blue-footed booby is the second largest of the booby species and is identifiable by it's bright blue feet.
Sula nebouxii - Blue-footed Booby
Sula dactylatra - Masked Booby (photo)
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 See also: Booby, Gannet, Seabird, Northern Gannet, Masked booby
  
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