Sula leucogaster, Brown booby

Sula leucogaster   (Boddaert, 1783)

Brown booby
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Pelecaniformes | Sulidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

Pelagiska; djupintervall 0 - 15 m (Ref. 126751).  Subtropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-Pacific and Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 80.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 84934); publicerad maxvikt: 1.8 kg (Ref. 356)

Short description Morfologi

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

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. 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 Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Li, X. 1990 Seabirds in China. Bulletin of Biology 4:8-11. (Ref. 78638)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  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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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resiliens (Ref. 69278): Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (K=9.33-21.22).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.