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The Red-footed Booby, scientifically named *Sula sula*, is a species of bird within the family Sulidae and order Pelecaniformes. It belongs to the class Aves and phylum Chordata, with its parent taxon being *Sula*. The species was described by Linnaeus in 1766 and is currently accepted as a valid taxon. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern, a designation recorded in 2021.
This marine bird has a wingspan of 96 and a mass of 928. Its range includes Brazil, Indonesia, South America, and Africa. Other common names for the species include Piquero patirrojo, Rooipootmalgas, and Angsa-batu kaki-merah. Habitat descriptions note locations such as forest edges, abandoned logging roads, and secondary forests.
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Species
Least Concernred-footed booby
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPelecaniformes
- FamilySulidae
Bordes de bosque, trochas madereras abandonadas, caminos bordeados de bosque y bosques secundarios.
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Encyclopedic overview
The red-footed booby (Sula sula) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. Adults always have red feet, but the colour of the plumage varies. They are powerful and agile fliers, harnessing the wind to fly efficiently, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings. They forage by catching flying fish from above the ocean's surface and by performing shallow dives. They are found widely in the tropics, and breed colonially in coastal regions, especially isolated islands such as St. Brandon, Mauritius (Cargados Carajos shoals), and the Chagos Archipelago. Although its population is declining, it is considered to be a least-concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It faces threats from climate change, competition with fisheries, human disturbance, and invasive species.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Red-footed Booby” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.