Brown booby: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the brown booby lives – recorded in 57 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Sula leucogaster
Group	Seabirds, divers & grebes
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	57 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Mass	53 g (birth weight); 1.19 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.34 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Suliformes
Family	Sulidae

Where does the brown booby live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the brown booby in 57 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Brazil, South America, Indonesia.

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 brown booby?

Wikidata records the following for the brown booby: mass 53 g (birth weight); 1.19 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.34 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the brown booby endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the brown booby?

The brown booby (Sula leucogaster) is a bird in the order Suliformes and the family Sulidae, genus Sula. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the brown booby

The brown booby (Sula leucogaster) is a large seabird in the booby and gannet family Sulidae, of which it is one of the most common and widespread species. It has a pantropical range, which overlaps with that of other booby species. The gregarious brown booby commutes and forages at low height over inshore waters. Flocks plunge-dive to take small fish, especially when these are driven near the surface by their predators. They nest only on the ground, and roost on solid objects rather than the water surface.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Brown booby (revision 1378033704), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q320193 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).