Blue-footed Booby
Sula nebouxiiMilne-Edwards, A, 1882
English (US) Blue-footed Booby
The Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) 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 nebouxii
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-footed Booby
- Described by
- Milne-Edwards, A, 1882
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Sula nebouxii nebouxii
- Sula nebouxii excisa
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Sula Nebouxii
- Described by
- Milne-Edwards, A, 1882
- Type locality
- Pacific coast of America. Type assumed from Chile.
- Original description
- Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie 6, ser.13, art.4 p.37 pl.14
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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