Red-footed Booby
Sula sula(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Red-footed Booby
The Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) 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 sula
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-footed Booby
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Sula sula sula
- Sula sula rubripes
- Sula sula websteri
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pelecanus Sula
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- 'in Pelago indico'; Barbados, West Indies, designated by Grant and Mackworth-Praed, 1933, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, 53, pp. 185-187.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.218
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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