Red-footed booby (species: Sula sula) in ALA: LIRS and surrounds using records to Oct. 2021 (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Sula sula
Red-footed booby


©Gsh1967: Red-footed booby (white morph) with chick.

©Roy and Danielle: Brown morph

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Suliformes
Family Sulidae
Genus Sula
Species Sula sula
Status least concern

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

                        

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 70 cm (Length of specimen)

Wingspan

  • Up to 100 cm

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

  • Smith, G.C. (1987). The birds of Eagle Island, a tropical sand cay on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, The Sunbird, 17(1): 1-11. LIRS catalog number 245.
  • Smith, G.C. and R.C. Buckley (1986). Eagle Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Corella, 10(3): 81-83. LIRS catalog number 278.