Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
NENot Evaluated
- Family
- Boobies and Gannets (Sulidae)
- Order
- Suliformes
Overview
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.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Countries
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Belize
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Cape Verde
- China
- Christmas Island
- Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Fiji
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Grenada
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Myanmar
- Nauru
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Poland
- Puerto Rico
- Republic of the Congo
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Taiwan
- Timor-Leste
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tuvalu
- United States
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Brown booby
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.