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Brown or Cocos Booby

Sula [leucogaster or brewsteri] (= Sula leucogaster) (Boddaert, P 1783)

The brown booby is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae, of which it is perhaps the most common and widespread species. It has a pantropical range, which overlaps with that of other booby species. The gregarious brown booby commutes and forages at low height over inshore waters. Flocks plunge-dive to take small fish, especially when these are driven near the surface by their predators. They only nest on the ground, and roost on solid objects rather than the water surface. Source: Wikipedia




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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:
  5EC21767FC58DB7D

Avibase ID:
  avibase-5EC21767

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/5EC21767


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 174704

Geographic range:

  • Sula leucogaster: widespread tropical and subtropical ocean islands; Cape Verde Islands (southern Macaronesia), Boatswain Bird Island (just off Ascension, south-central South Atlantic Ocean), Alcatraz Island (west of northwestern Guinea), and Gulf of Guinea islands, Caribbean islands off Yucatán Peninsula and Honduras to Panama and southwestern Colombia, Bahamas and Cayman Islands to Lesser Antilles, islands north of Venezuela and Tobago and off Brazil, islands off Somalia and Socotra, Aldabra, and Madagascar, and Chagos Archipelago, Cocos (Keeling), and Christmas islands (tropical Indian Ocean), islands off northern Australia, Tench (St. Matthias group, north-central Bismarck Archipelago), remote islands in Melanesia; many islands of southern Japan including Kyushu; Taiwan; offshore islands of Philippines, Vietnam, and Malaysia, in Flores and Banda seas, from Marianas and Palau through Hawaiian Islands and Gambier Islands (eastern Tuamotu Archipelago; eastern Polynesia)
  • Sula leucogaster leucogaster: islands in Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and tropical Atlantic
  • Sula leucogaster plotus: breeds on islands in the Red Sea, tropical Indian Ocean, and tropical western and central Pacific Ocean
  • Sula brewsteri brewsteri: islands in Gulf of California and off western Mexico
  • Sula brewsteri etesiaca: Pacific islands off Central America and Colombia
  • Show more...
English:
Brown or Cocos Booby
French:
Fou brun ou F. des Cocos


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.):
White-bellied Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.):
White-bellied Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.):
White-bellied Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.):
White-bellied Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.):
White-bellied Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.):
White-bellied Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.):
White-bellied Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.):
White-bellied Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.):
White-bellied Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.):
White-bellied Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.):
White-bellied Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.):
White-bellied Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.):
White-bellied Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Brown or Cocos Booby ( Sula [leucogaster or brewsteri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Brown or Cocos Booby ( Sula [leucogaster or brewsteri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Fou brun ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Fou brun ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Brown/Cocos Booby ( Sula leucogaster/brewsteri)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Sula leucogaster [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Sula leucogaster [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Sula leucogaster [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Sula leucogaster [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Sula leucogaster [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Afrikaans: Bruinmalgas
Arabic: أطيش بني
Asturian: Mazcatu pardu
Belarusian: Белабрухая олуша
Bulgarian: Белокорем рибояд
Bengali: িয়যা ফুচফ
Bengali (transliteration): khaẏarā bubi
Breton: Morskoul gell
Catalan: Mascarell bru
Czech: Terej žlutonohý
Chuvash: пăвăр олуша
Welsh: Bwbi brown
Danish: Brun Sule
German: Brauntölpel, Weißbauchtölpel
Maldivian: Kalhu Maadhooni
Greek: Κασταvόσoυλα, Λευκόγαστρη Σούλα
English: Booby, Booby Gannet, Brewster's Booby, Brown Booby, Brown or Cocos Booby, Brown/Cocos Booby, White-bellied Booby
English (Hawaii): ʻĀ - Brown Booby
English, HBW: Brown Booby
English, Hawaii: ʻĀ - Brown Booby
English (IOC): Brown Booby
English (Kenya): Brown Booby
English (United States): Brown Booby
Esperanto: Bruna sulo
Spanish: Alcatraz Pardo, Boba Parda, Boba Prieta, Bobo Café, Bobo Vientre-blanco, Bubí, Bubí Pardo, Pájaro Bobo Prieto, Piqueero moreno, Piquero café, Piquero de patas rojas, Piquero Moreno, Piquero Pardo, Piquero Patirrojo
Spanish (Argentine): Piquero pardo
Spanish (Chile): Piquero café, Piquero de patas rojas
Spanish (Colombia): Piquero café, Piquero Pardo, Piquero Patirrojo
Spanish (Costa Rica): Piqueero moreno, Piquero Moreno
Spanish (Cuba): Pájaro Bobo Prieto
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Bubí, Bubí Pardo
Spanish (Ecuador): Piquero Pardo
Spanish (Spain): Piquero Pardo
Spanish (HBW): Piquero pardo
Spanish (Honduras): Bobo café
Spanish (Mexico): bobo café, Bobo Vientre-blanco
Spanish (Nicaragua): Piquero Pardo, Piquero Patirrojo
Spanish (Panama): Piquero Pardo
Spanish (Peru): Piquero Pardo
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Boba Parda
Spanish (Uruguay): Piquero pardo
Spanish (Venezuela): Boba Marrón
Estonian: pruunsuula
Basque: Mascarell bru, Zanga ilun, Zanga iluna
Finnish: Ruskosuula
French: Fou à ventre blanc, Fou brun, Fou brun ou F. des Cocos
Frisian: Brune gint
Irish: Búbaí donn
Guadeloupean Creole French: canard, Fou
Galician: Atobá pardo, Mascarell bru, Mascato pardo
Manx: Boobee dhone
Haitian Creole French: Gwo fou gri
Hawaiian: 'a, 'Ā
Hebrew: סולה לבנת בטן, סולה לבנת־בטן, סולה ל-בנת־בטן, סולה לבנת-בטן
Croatian: smeđa bluna
Hungarian: barna szula
Indonesian: Angsabatu Coklat, Angsa-batu coklat, Angsabatu Kakimerah, Burung Angsa-batu Coklat, Burung Gangsa Batu Coklat, Gangsa batu coklat
Icelandic: Brúnsúla
Italian: Sula fosca
Japanese (romaji): katsuodori, katsuo-dori
Japanese: カツオドリ
Japanese (Kanji): 鰹鳥
Korean: 갈색얼가니새
Korean (Transliteration): gal-saeg-eolgani-sae
Kirghiz: күрөң дөдөй каз
Scientific: Pelecanus Leucogaster, Pelecanus Sula, Plotus ineptus, Sula [leucogaster or brewsteri], Sula leucogaster, Sula leucogaster leucogaster, Sula leucogaster/brewsteri, Sula leucogastra, Sula sula, Sula sula sula
Lithuanian: arba rudasis smigikas, Baltapilvis padūkėlis, Tamsusis padūkėlis
Latvian: brūnā sulla
Malagasy: Ngovo
Macedonian: Кафеава блуна
Mongolian: сүл шувуу
Malay: Burung Angsa Laut, Burung Dendang Laut, Burung Dendang-Laut Coklat, Burung Olak-olak, Dendang Laut
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): сүл шувуу
Dutch: Bruine Gent, Roodpootgent
Norwegian Nynorsk: Brunsule
Norwegian: Brunsule, Rødfotsule
Wayampi: Wanãwanã
Polish: gluptak bialobrzuchy, głuptak białobrzuchy
Pinyin: bái-fù jiān-niǎo, hè jiān-niǎo, zōng-sè jiān-niǎo
Portuguese: Alcatraz, Alcatraz-pardo, atobá, atobá / alcatraz-pardo, Atobá-pardo, Atobá-pardo / Alcatraz-pardo, carará, freira, mambembo, mergulhão, mumbebo, piloto, piloto-pardo
Portuguese (Brazil): alcatraz, atoba, Atobá, Atobá-pardo, carará, freira, mambembo, mergulhão, mumbebo, piloto, piloto-pardo
Portuguese (Portugal): Alcatraz-pardo
Rarotongan: Kena
Rhaeto-Romance: Sula brina
Romanian: Gâscă de mare cu burtă albă
Russian: Бурая олуша, Красноногая олуша, Олуша бурая
Northern Sami: Ruškessuvlá
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Bora Sulaviya
Slovak: sula červenonohá, sula hnedá
Slovenian: rjavi strmoglavec
Samoan: fua'o
Serbian: Mrka bluna, Smeđa bluna
Swedish: Brun sula, brunsula, Rödfotad sula
Thai: นกแกนเนทน้ำตาล, นกบุ๊บบี้สีน้ำตาล, นกบู๊บบี้ตีนแดง, นกบู๊บบี้สีน้ำตาล, นกบูบีสีน้ำตาล
Thai (Transliteration): nók buu-bii sĭi-nám-taan, nók búup-bîi sĭi-nám-taan, nók kaeen-nêet sĭi-nám-taan
Turkish: Kara Sümsük, Maskeli sümsük
Ukrainian: Сула білочерева
Uzbek: қўнғир олуша
Vietnamese: Chim điên bụng trắng, Chim điên chân đỏ
Chinese: 棕色鲣鸟, 白腹鰹鳥, 红脚鲣鸟, 褐鰹鳥, 褐鲣鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 棕色鰹鳥, 白腹鰹鳥, 褐鰹鳥
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 白腹鰹鳥
Chinese (Taiwan): 白腹鲣鸟, 褐鲣鸟

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