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Brown Booby / Sula leucogaster

Brown Booby bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsBooby Gannet, Brown Booby [incl. etesiaca], White-bellied Booby, Booby, Brewster's Booby
Old latin name for birdSula sula, Pelecanus sula, Pelecanus leucogaster, Sula leucogastra, Plotus ineptus
OrderGannets and relatives / Suliformes
FamilyGannets, Boobies / Sulidae
GenusSula
Breeding regionTropical
Breeding subregionwidespread tropical and subtropical ocean islands
Non breeding regioninshore

Brown Booby bird sounds *

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    Begging call, call, female, juvenile, male, © Manuel Grosselet
    Mexico
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    Begging call, call, juvenile, © Manuel Grosselet
    Mexico
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    Call, female, juvenile, male, © Manuel Grosselet
    Mexico
  • 4.
    Call, © Tomas Sigrist
    Brazil
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    Call, male, © Manuel Grosselet
    Mexico
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    Breathing sound before diving, call, flight call, © Marco Cruz
    Brazil
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    Call, juvenile, © Manuel Grosselet
    Mexico
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    Call, © Manuel Grosselet
    Mexico
  • 9.
    Call, © Alejandro Salinas
    Mexico
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    Call, male, © Manuel Grosselet
    Mexico
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Masked Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Peruvian Booby
Red-footed Booby
Nazca Booby

Where to see Brown Booby

Brown Booby subspecies (4)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Sula leucogaster brewsteriislands off w Mexico: from c Baja California and Gulf of California (nw Mexico) to Revillagigedo Is. (far w of c Mexico) and Clipperton (far sw of Mexico)-No
Sula leucogaster etesiacaPacific coasts of Central America and Colombia: Gulf of Fonseca is. (Honduras) to Gorgona I. (just w of sw Colombia)-No
Sula leucogaster leucogasterAtlantic and Caribbean islands: Fernando de Noronha (ne of ne Brazil), coastal islands off se Brazil, Cape Verde Is. (s Macaronesia, w of w Africa), Boatswain Bird I. (just off Ascension, sc South Atlantic Ocean), Alcatraz I. (w of nw Guinea) and Gulf of Guinea is.; Caribbean islands off Yucatan Pen. and Honduras to Panama, San Andrés and Providencia (far e of Nicaragua), Bahamas and Cayman Is. to Lesser Antilles, and islands n of Venezuela and Tobago-No
Sula leucogaster plotusRed Sea through Indian Ocean to w, c Pacific Ocean: Red Sea, islands off Somalia and Socotra (nw Indian Ocean); Cosmoledo (e Aldabra group, sw Seychelles), islands off nw Madagascar and Chagos Arch. (w, nc Indian Ocean); Cocos (Keeling) and Christmas is. (ec Indian Ocean), islands off nw to ne Australia, Tench (St. Matthias group, nc Bismarck Arch.), other remote islands in Melanesia including off New Caledonia; many islands of s Japan including Kyushu; Taiwan; offshore islands of n, sw, sc Philippines; Con Dao (se of Vietnam), Perak I. (w of Malay Pen.), islands in Flores and Banda seas (sc, se Indonesian Arch.), from Marianas and Palau (nw, sw Micronesia) through Northwestern and w main Hawaiian Is. and Gambier Is. (e Tuamotu Arch.; e Polynesia)-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansBruinmalgas
Arabicأطيش بني
BasqueZanga ilun, Zanga iluna, Mascarell bru
BelarusianБелабрухая олуша
Bengaliিয়যা ফুচফ
BretonMorskoul gell
BulgarianБелокорем рибояд
Catalanmascarell bru
Chinese白腹鰹鳥, 褐鲣鸟, 红脚鲣鸟, 棕色鲣鸟, 褐鰹鳥
Chinese (Traditional)褐鰹鳥, 棕色鰹鳥, 白腹鰹鳥
Chuvashпăвăр олуша
Croatiansmeđa bluna
Czechterej žlutonohý
DanishBrun Sule
DutchBruine Gent, Roodpootgent
EsperantoBruna sulo
Estonianpruunsuula
Finnishruskosuula
FrenchFou à ventre blanc, Fou brun, Fou brun [incl. etesiaca]
FrisianBrune gint
GalicianAtobá pardo, Mascarell bru, Mascato pardo
GermanBrauntölpel, Weißbauchtölpel
GreekΛευκόγαστρη Σούλα, Κασταvόσoυλα
Hebrewסולה ל-בנת־בטן, סולה לבנת־בטן, סולה לבנת-בטן, סולה לבנת בטן
Hungarianbarna szula
IcelandicBrúnsúla
IndonesianBurung Angsa-batu Coklat, Angsa-batu coklat, Burung Gangsa Batu Coklat, Gangsa batu coklat, Angsabatu Kakimerah, Angsabatu Coklat
IrishBúbaí donn
ItalianSula fosca
Japaneseカツオドリ
Korean갈색얼가니새
Latvianbrūnā sulla
Lithuanianbaltapilvis padūkėlis, arba rudasis smigikas, Tamsusis padūkėlis
MacedonianКафеава блуна
MalagasyNgovo
MalayDendang Laut, Burung Dendang-Laut Coklat, Burung Angsa Laut, Burung Olak-olak, Burung Dendang Laut
ManxBoobee dhone
Mongolianсүл шувуу
Northern SamiRuškessuvlá
NorwegianRødfotsule, Brunsule, brunsule
Norwegian NynorskBrunsule
Polishgluptak bialobrzuchy, głuptak białobrzuchy
Portugueseatobá-pardo, atobá / alcatraz-pardo, atobá, Alcatraz-pardo, piloto, mergulhão, Atobá-pardo / Alcatraz-pardo, piloto-pardo, Alcatraz, freira, mambembo, carará, alcatraz-pardo, mumbebo
RomanianGâscă de mare cu burtă albă
RussianКрасноногая олуша, Олуша бурая, Бурая олуша
Samoanfua'o
SerbianMrka bluna, Smeđa bluna
Slovaksula červenonohá, sula hnedá
Slovenianrjavi strmoglavec
SpanishBoba Parda, Piquero de patas rojas, Bobo Café, Pájaro Bobo Prieto, Bubí Pardo, Piquero Moreno, Piquero café, Piqueero moreno, Piquero Patirrojo, Boba Prieta, Bubí, Alcatraz Pardo, Bobo Vientre-blanco, Piquero pardo
SwedishRödfotad sula, brunsula, Brun sula
Thaiนกบู๊บบี้ตีนแดง, นกบู๊บบี้สีน้ำตาล, นกบูบีสีน้ำตาล, นกบุ๊บบี้สีน้ำตาล, นกแกนเนทน้ำตาล
TurkishMaskeli sümsük, Kara Sümsük
Ukrainianсула білочерева
Uzbekқўнғир олуша
VietnameseChim điên bụng trắng, Chim điên chân đỏ
WelshBwbi brown