Sula nebouxii

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	PELECANIFORMES	SULIDAE

Scientific Name:

Sula nebouxii

Species Authority:

Milne-Edwards, 1882

Common Name/s:

English

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Blue-footed Booby

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2012

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Butchart, S. & Symes, A.

Contributor/s:

Justification:
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is very large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

History:

2009	–	Least Concern
2008	–	Least Concern
2004	–	Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found on the western coast of the Americas, ranging from north-west Mexico and Panama to north Peru and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. When food is scarce, it can be seen as far north as California (USA) and northern Chile¹.
Countries:	Native: Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador (Galápagos); Ecuador (Galápagos); El Salvador; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; United States
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Population [top]

Population Trend:	Stable

Population Trend:

Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The Blue-footed Booby is strictly marine, feeding in adjacent inshore waters, tending to exploit cool, rich waters in areas of upwelling. It specialises in catch fish by plunge-diving, often in unison, catching sardines, achovies and mackerel, but also flying-fish and squid. It has been seen fishing in the company of dolphins and the Peruvian Booby. Breeding is seasonal in places and otherwise opportunistic, nesting on cliffs and islets in areas with little or no vegetation (del Hoyo et al. 1992).
Systems:	Terrestrial; Marine

Habitat and Ecology:

The Blue-footed Booby is strictly marine, feeding in adjacent inshore waters, tending to exploit cool, rich waters in areas of upwelling. It specialises in catch fish by plunge-diving, often in unison, catching sardines, achovies and mackerel, but also flying-fish and squid. It has been seen fishing in the company of dolphins and the Peruvian Booby. Breeding is seasonal in places and otherwise opportunistic, nesting on cliffs and islets in areas with little or no vegetation (del Hoyo et al. 1992).

Systems:

Terrestrial; Marine

Citation:	BirdLife International 2012. Sula nebouxii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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