Birds · Suliformes · Sulidae
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
Least Concern
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The red-footed booby is the smallest of the boobies and the only one that nests in trees and shrubs rather than on the ground. It has intensely red feet and a wide range of colour morphs, from wholly white to uniform brown, living side by side in the same colonies. It is the most pelagic of the boobies: it ranges hundreds of kilometres from the colony and often hunts in association with tuna and dolphins.
Weight
928 g – 1.1 kg
Size
66 cm – 77 cm
Life expectancy
23 years
