Blue-footed Booby

Sula nebouxii - Fou à pieds bleus

Fou à pieds bleus
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Suliformes

  • Family
    :

    Sulidés

  • Genus
    :

    Sula

  • Species
    :

    nebouxii

Descriptor

Milne-Edwards, 1882

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 84 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 152 cm.
  • Weight
    : 1200 à 1800 g
Longevity

17 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Fou à pieds bleus
adult plum. breeding
Fou à pieds bleus
adult plum. post breeding

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) is a species of bird in the Sulidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Sula nebouxii nebouxii (Pacific coast from s California. USA. to Peru)
  • Sula nebouxii excisa (Galápagos Is.)

Foreign names

  • Fou à pieds bleus,
  • Piquero camanay,
  • atobá-de-pés-azuis,
  • Blaufußtölpel,
  • kéklábú szula,
  • Blauwvoetgent,
  • Sula piediazzurri,
  • blåfotad sula,
  • Blåfotsule,
  • sula modronohá,
  • terej modronohý,
  • Blåfodet Sule,
  • sinijalkasuula,
  • mascarell camablau,
  • głuptak niebieskonogi,
  • zilkāju sulla,
  • Голубоногая олуша,
  • アオアシカツオドリ,
  • 蓝脚鲣鸟,
  • 藍腳鰹鳥,

Voice song and cries

Fou à pieds bleus
juvenile

Habitat

Fou à pieds bleus

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Fou à pieds bleus
published: - Updated: 13-08-2005
© 1996-2024 Oiseaux.net