Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Sula brewsteri

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Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Bruinmalgas (Kolumbiese)
Arabic: أطيش بني (etesiaca)
Asturian: Mazcatu pardu (etesiaca)
Bulgarian: Белокорем рибояд (ssp. etesiaca)
Catalan: Mascarell bru (etesiaca)
Czech: terej žlutonohý (ssp. etesiaca)
Danish: Brun Sule, Colombiansk (ssp. etesiaca)
German: Weißbauchtölpel (etesiaca)
Greek: Λευκόγαστρη Σούλα (etesiaca)
English: Brown Booby (Colombian), Brown Booby (etesiaca), Cocos Booby (Colombian), Cocos Booby (etesiaca)
[ENAV]: Cocos Booby (Colombian)
English, HBW: Brown Booby (Colombian)
English (IOC): Brown Booby (Colombian)
English (United States): Brown Booby (Colombian)
Spanish: Bobo Café (etesiaca), Piquero Pardo (etesiaca)
Spanish (Argentine): Piquero Pardo (etesiaca)
Spanish (Chile): Piquero café (etesiaca)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Piquero Moreno (etesiaca)
Spanish (Cuba): Pájaro bobo prieto (etesiaca)
Spanish (Ecuador): Piquero Pardo (etesiaca)
Spanish (Spain): Piquero Pardo (etesiaca)
Spanish (HBW): Brown Booby (Colombian)
Spanish (Honduras): Bobo de Cocos (etesiaca)
Spanish (Mexico): Bobo Café (etesiaca)
Spanish (Panama): Piquero Pardo (etesiaca)
Spanish (Peru): Piquero Pardo (etesiaca)
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Boba Parda (etesiaca)
Spanish (Uruguay): Piquero Pardo (Subesp. etesiaca)
Spanish (Venezuela): Boba Marrón (etesiaca)
Basque: Zanga iluna (etesiaca)
Finnish: ruskosuula (etesiaca)
French: Fou brun (Colombie), Fou brun (de Colombie), Fou brun (etesiaca), Fou des Cocos (etesiaca)
French (Guyane): Fou brun (etesiaca)
Galician: Atobá pardo (etesiaca)
Hebrew: סולה לבנת-בטן (קולומביאנית)
Indonesian: Angsa-batu cokelat (etesiaca)
Icelandic: Brúnsúla (etesiaca)
Japanese (romaji): katsuodori (etesiaca)
Japanese: カツオドリ (etesiaca), カツオドリ（etesiaca）
Scientific: Sula brewsteri etesiaca, Sula etesiaca, Sula leucogaster etesiaca, Sula leucogaster plotus
Lithuanian: Baltapilvis padūkėlis (etesiaca)
Dutch: Bruine Gent (etesiaca)
Norwegian: brunsule (etesiaca)
Polish: głuptak białobrzuchy (etesiaca)
Portuguese (Brazil): atobá (etesiaca)
Portuguese (Portugal): Alcatraz-pardo (etesiaca)
Romanian: Corb de mare brun (etesiaca)
Russian: Бурая олуша (etesiaca)
Slovak: sula bledočelá, sula bledočelá (skup.)
Slovenian: Rjavi strmoglavec (etesiaca)
Serbian: Smeđa bluna (etesiaca)
Swedish: brun sula (etesiaca)
Thai: นกบู๊บบี้สีน้ำตาล (โคลอมเบีย)
Turkish: Kara Sümsük (etesiaca)
Ukrainian: Сула білочерева (підвид etesiaca)
Chinese: 褐鲣鸟 (etesiaca)