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Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, P 1783)
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Pelecaniformes
Family:
Sulidae
Genus:
Sula
Scientific:
Sula leucogaster
Classification
Order:Pelecaniformes
Family:
Sulidae
Genus:
Sula
Scientific:
Sula leucogaster
Original description
Citation:
(Boddaert, P 1783)
Reference:
Table Planches Enlum. D'Aubenton
Protonym:
Pelecanus Leucogaster
Type locality:
Cayenne.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88617#page/79/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
05520B42BE95E3ED
Avibase ID:
avibase-05520B42
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/05520B42
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174704
English:
Brown Booby
Afrikaans:
Bruinmalgas
Arabic:
أطيش بني
Azerbaijani:
Ağqarın sümsük quşu
Bulgarian:
Белокорем рибояд
Catalan:
Mascarell bru
Czech:
terej žlutonohý
Danish:
Brun Sule
German:
Weißbauchtölpel
Greek:
Λευκόγαστρη Σούλα
Esperanto:
bruna sulo
Spanish:
Piquero Pardo
Spanish (Spain):
Piquero pardo
Estonian:
pruunsuula
Basque:
Zanga iluna
Finnish:
ruskosuula
French:
Fou brun
Hebrew:
סולה לבנת-בטן
Croatian:
smeđa bluna
Hungarian:
barna szula
Indonesian:
Gangsa batu coklat
Icelandic:
Brúnsúla
Italian:
Sula fosca
Japanese (romaji):
katsuodori
Japanese:
カツオドリ
Korean:
갈색얼가니새
Lithuanian:
Tamsusis padūkėlis
Latvian:
brūnā sulla
Dutch:
Bruine Gent
Norwegian:
Brunsule
Polish:
gluptak bialobrzuchy
Portuguese:
Alcatraz
Portuguese (Brazil):
Atobá-pardo
Portuguese (Portugal):
alcatraz-pardo
Romanian:
Corb de mare brun
Russian:
Бурая олуша
Slovak:
sula červenonohá
Slovenian:
rjavi strmoglavec
Serbian:
Smeđa bluna
Swedish:
Brun sula
Thai:
นกบู๊บบี้สีน้ำตาล
Turkish:
Kara Sümsük
Ukrainian:
сула білочерева
Chinese:
褐鲣鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
白腹鰹鳥
Brown Booby
Afrikaans:
Bruinmalgas
Arabic:
أطيش بني
Azerbaijani:
Ağqarın sümsük quşu
Bulgarian:
Белокорем рибояд
Catalan:
Mascarell bru
Czech:
terej žlutonohý
Danish:
Brun Sule
German:
Weißbauchtölpel
Greek:
Λευκόγαστρη Σούλα
Esperanto:
bruna sulo
Spanish:
Piquero Pardo
Spanish (Spain):
Piquero pardo
Estonian:
pruunsuula
Basque:
Zanga iluna
Finnish:
ruskosuula
French:
Fou brun
Hebrew:
סולה לבנת-בטן
Croatian:
smeđa bluna
Hungarian:
barna szula
Indonesian:
Gangsa batu coklat
Icelandic:
Brúnsúla
Italian:
Sula fosca
Japanese (romaji):
katsuodori
Japanese:
カツオドリ
Korean:
갈색얼가니새
Lithuanian:
Tamsusis padūkėlis
Latvian:
brūnā sulla
Dutch:
Bruine Gent
Norwegian:
Brunsule
Polish:
gluptak bialobrzuchy
Portuguese:
Alcatraz
Portuguese (Brazil):
Atobá-pardo
Portuguese (Portugal):
alcatraz-pardo
Romanian:
Corb de mare brun
Russian:
Бурая олуша
Slovak:
sula červenonohá
Slovenian:
rjavi strmoglavec
Serbian:
Smeđa bluna
Swedish:
Brun sula
Thai:
นกบู๊บบี้สีน้ำตาล
Turkish:
Kara Sümsük
Ukrainian:
сула білочерева
Chinese:
褐鲣鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
白腹鰹鳥
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886): Booby ( Sula sula) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.): Booby ( Sula sula) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.): Booby ( Sula sula) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.): Booby ( Sula sula) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.): Booby ( Sula sula) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.): Booby ( Sula sula) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.): Booby ( Sula sula) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.): Booby ( Sula sula) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895): Booby ( Sula sula) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.): Booby ( Sula sula) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.): Booby ( Sula sula) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.): Booby ( Sula sula) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.): Booby ( Sula sula) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.): Booby ( Sula sula) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.): Booby ( Sula sula) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.): Booby ( Sula leucogastra) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.): Booby ( Sula leucogastra) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910): Booby ( Sula leucogastra) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.): Booby ( Sula leucogastra) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.): Booby ( Sula leucogastra) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.): Booby ( Sula leucogastra) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931): White-bellied Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.): Sula leucogaster leucogaster [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.): Sula leucogaster leucogaster [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.): Sula leucogaster leucogaster [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.): Sula leucogaster leucogaster [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.): Sula leucogaster leucogaster [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.): Sula leucogaster leucogaster [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.): Sula leucogaster leucogaster [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.): Sula leucogaster leucogaster [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.): Sula leucogaster leucogaster [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.): Sula leucogaster leucogaster [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.): Sula leucogaster leucogaster [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.): Sula leucogaster leucogaster [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.): Sula leucogaster leucogaster [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957): Sula leucogaster leucogaster [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.): Sula leucogaster leucogaster [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.): Sula leucogaster leucogaster [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 66th suppl.): Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Brown Booby [White-bellied] ( Sula leucogaster [leucogaster]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Brown Booby [White-bellied] ( Sula leucogaster [leucogaster]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Brown Booby [White-bellied] ( Sula leucogaster [leucogaster]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Brown Booby [White-bellied] ( Sula leucogaster [leucogaster]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Brown Booby [White-bellied] ( Sula leucogaster [leucogaster]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Brown Booby [White-bellied] ( Sula leucogaster [leucogaster]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Brown Booby [White-bellied] ( Sula leucogaster [leucogaster]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Brown Booby [White-bellied] ( Sula leucogaster [leucogaster]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Brown Booby [White-bellied] ( Sula leucogaster [leucogaster]) |
| Avilist 2025: Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Sula [leucogaster or brewsteri]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Bruinmalgas
Arabic: أطيش بني
Bulgarian: Белокорем рибояд
Catalan: Mascarell bru
Czech: terej žlutonohý
Danish: Brun Sule
German: Weißbauchtölpel
English: Booby, Brown Booby, Brown Booby (White-bellied), Brown Booby [White-bellied], White-bellied Booby
Esperanto: Bruna sulo
Spanish: Piquero Pardo
Spanish (Argentine): Piquero pardo
Spanish (Costa Rica): Piqueero moreno
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Bubí Pardo
Spanish (Honduras): Bobo café
Spanish (Mexico): bobo café
Spanish (Uruguay): Piquero pardo
Estonian: pruunsuula
Basque: Mascarell bru
Finnish: ruskosuula
French: Fou à ventre blanc, Fou brun, Fou brun (à ventre blanc), Fou brun (forme à ventre blanc), Fou brun [leucogaster]
Galician: Mascato pardo
Hebrew: סולה לבנת-בטן
Croatian: smeđa bluna
[HT]: Gwo fou gri
Hungarian: barna szula
Indonesian: Gangsa batu coklat
Icelandic: Brúnsúla
Italian: Sula fosca
Japanese (romaji): katsuodori
Japanese: カツオドリ
Korean: 갈색얼가니새
Scientific: Pelecanus Leucogaster, Pelecanus Sula, Sula leucogaster, Sula leucogaster [leucogaster], Sula leucogaster leucogaster, Sula leucogastra, Sula sula, Sula sula sula
Lithuanian: Tamsusis padūkėlis
Latvian: brūnā sulla
Malagasy: Ngovo
Malay: Angsa-Laut Biasa, Dendang Laut
Maltese: Sula Skura
Dutch: Bruine Gent
Norwegian: Brunsule
Polish: gluptak bialobrzuchy, głuptak białobrzuchy
Portuguese: Alcatraz
Portuguese (Brazil): Atobá-pardo
Portuguese (Portugal): alcatraz-pardo
Russian: Бурая олуша
Northern Sami: Ruškessuvlá
Slovak: sula červenonohá
Slovenian: rjavi strmoglavec
Serbian: Smeđa bluna
Swedish: Brun sula
Thai: นกบู๊บบี้สีน้ำตาล
Turkish: Kara Sümsük
Ukrainian: сула білочерева
Chinese: 褐鰹鳥, 褐鲣鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 白腹鰹鳥
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