Blue-footed booby: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the blue-footed booby lives – recorded in 8 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Sula nebouxii
Group	Seabirds, divers & grebes
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	8 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Mass	61 g (birth weight); 1.28 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.8 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Suliformes
Family	Sulidae

Where does the blue-footed booby live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the blue-footed booby in 8 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a blue-footed booby?

Wikidata records the following for the blue-footed booby: mass 61 g (birth weight); 1.28 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.8 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the blue-footed booby endangered?

The blue-footed booby’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the blue-footed booby?

The blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) is a bird in the order Suliformes and the family Sulidae, genus Sula. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the blue-footed booby

The blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) is a species of marine bird in the family Sulidae. The species is native to subtropical and tropical regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is one of six species of the genus Sula, commonly known as boobies. It is easily recognizable by its distinctive bright blue feet, which is a sexually selected trait and a product of its diet. The male displays its feet in an elaborate mating ritual by lifting them up and down while strutting before the female. Females are slightly larger than males and can measure up to 90 cm (35 in) long with a wingspan up to 1.5 m (5 ft).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Blue-footed booby (revision 1380656582), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q457267 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).