Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster(Boddaert, P, 1783)
English (US) Brown Booby
The Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Sulidae (Boobies and Gannets) in the order Suliformes.
- Scientific name
- Sula leucogaster
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Brown Booby
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
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The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Sula leucogaster leucogaster
- Sula leucogaster plotus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pelecanus Leucogaster
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
- Type locality
- Cayenne.
- Original description
- Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.57
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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