Sula leucogaster, Brown booby

Sula leucogaster   (Boddaert, 1783)

Brown booby
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Sula leucogaster

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Pelecaniformes | Sulidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Pelagic; depth range 0 - 15 m (Ref. 126751).  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific and Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 80.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 84934); max. published weight: 1.8 kg (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 12.7 cm; tarsus: 4.23 cm; wing: 41.91 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Total Length: 64 to 74 cm; Wingspan: 132 to 150 cm (Ref. 8812). Pelagic (Ref. 356). Typically feeds inshore. Colonial breeder on marine islands. Gregarious; freely perches on buoys (Ref. 91362). Capture prey by plunge-diving (Refs. 356, 91362). Maturity at over 2 to 3 years (Ref. 91362).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Li, X. 1990. (Ref. 78638)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=9.33-21.22).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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