Red-footed Booby Photo Gallery
Adult light morph
Large heavy-bodied seabird with a daggerlike bill. Light morph adults are mostly white with black wings. Note red feet.
© Marilyn Henry | Macaulay LibraryGalápagos, November 14, 2016Adult dark morph
Large seabird with a daggerlike bill. Dark morph birds have a tan head and belly. Nests in trees and shrubs.
© Shawn Billerman | Macaulay LibraryGalápagos, May 21, 2014Adult light morph
© Timothy Barksdale | Macaulay LibraryHawaii, April 01, 2003Not all videos have soundAdult dark morph
Bullet-shaped seabird with long pointed wings. Dark morph birds in flight have dark underwings and a tan belly.
© Ken Chamberlain | Macaulay LibraryColima, December 04, 2015Adult light morph
Large seabird with long pointed wings. Wingbeats are deep and somewhat bouncy with interspersed glides. Light morph birds are white with black flight feathers.
© Cameron Rutt | Macaulay LibraryMidway Islands, March 02, 2012Adult dark morph
Dark morph birds have dark underwings and tan, dingy-looking bellies.
© Volker Hesse | Macaulay LibraryGalápagos, January 23, 2005Adult dark morph (with Brown Booby)
Smallest of the boobies. Stands with body in a more horizontal position than other boobies.
© John Cahill xikanel.com | Macaulay LibraryEscuintla, January 26, 2016Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Boobies and Gannets(Order: Suliformes, Family: Sulidae)
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