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

Where the red-footed booby lives – recorded in 43 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Sula sula
Group	Seabirds, divers & grebes
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	43 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Mass	928 g (male organism, adult weight); 1.07 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Suliformes
Family	Sulidae

Where does the red-footed booby live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the red-footed booby in 43 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 red-footed booby?

Wikidata records the following for the red-footed booby: mass 928 g (male organism, adult weight); 1.07 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the red-footed booby endangered?

The red-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 red-footed booby?

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

About the red-footed booby

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, harnessing the wind to fly efficiently, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings. They forage by catching flying fish from above the ocean's surface and by performing shallow dives. They are found widely in the tropics, and breed colonially in coastal regions, especially isolated islands such as St. Brandon, Mauritius (Cargados Carajos shoals), and the Chagos Archipelago. Although its population is declining, it is considered to be a least-concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It faces threats from climate change, competition with fisheries, human disturbance, and invasive species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Red-footed booby (revision 1333985495), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q217122 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).