Brown Booby

Sula leucogaster - Fou brun

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Suliformes

  • Family
    :

    Sulidés

  • Genus
    :

    Sula

  • Species
    :

    leucogaster

Descriptor

Boddaert, 1783

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 74 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 132 à 150 cm.
  • Weight
    : 724 à 1550 g
Longevity

24 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Fou brun
♂ adult plum. breeding
Fou brun
♀ adult plum. breeding

Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) is a species of bird in the Sulidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Sula leucogaster leucogaster (Caribbean and Atlantic Is.)
  • Sula leucogaster brewsteri (coasts of w USA and w Mexico)
  • Sula leucogaster etesiaca (Pacific coasts of Central America and Colombia)
  • Sula leucogaster plotus (Red Sea through the Indian Ocean to the w and c Pacific)

Foreign names

  • Fou brun,
  • Piquero pardo,
  • atobá-pardo,
  • Weißbauchtölpel,
  • barna szula,
  • Bruine Gent,
  • Sula fosca,
  • brunsula,
  • Brunsule,
  • sula hnedá,
  • terej žlutonohý,
  • Brun Sule,
  • ruskosuula,
  • Bruinmalgas,
  • mascarell bru,
  • Brúnsúla,
  • głuptak białobrzuchy,
  • brūnā sulla,
  • rjavi strmoglavec,
  • Бурая олуша,
  • Angsa-batu coklat,
  • カツオドリ,
  • 褐鲣鸟,
  • นกบู๊บบี้สีน้ำตาล,
  • 白腹鰹鳥,

Voice song and cries

Fou brun
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Fou brun
adult

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

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 brun
published: - Updated: 13-01-2015
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