Cocos Booby
Sula brewsteri Goss, NS 1888
Classification
Order:Pelecaniformes
Family:
Sulidae
Genus:
Sula
Scientific:
Sula brewsteri
Original description
Citation:
Goss, NS 1888
Reference:
Auk
5, no.3 p.242
Protonym:
Sula brewsteri
Type locality:
San Pedro Martir Island, Gulf of California.
Link:
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/auk/vol5/iss3/2/
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
AD2B8E994C107C6D
Avibase ID:
avibase-AD2B8E99
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/AD2B8E99
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174706
Cocos Booby
Afrikaans:
Witblesmalgas
Bulgarian:
Калифорнийски рибояд
Catalan:
mascarell de Brewster
Czech:
terej kokosový
Danish:
Stillehavssule
Esperanto:
kokosa sulo
Spanish:
Piquero de Brewster
Spanish (Spain):
Piquero de Brewster
Basque:
Zanga mexikarra
Finnish:
meksikonruskosuula
French:
Fou des Cocos
Hebrew:
סולה מערבית
Japanese:
シロガシラカツオドリ
Dutch:
Cocosgent
Norwegian:
blekhodesule
Polish:
głuptak siwogłowy
Portuguese:
atobá-do-coco
Slovak:
sula tropická
Serbian:
Kokos bluna
Swedish:
cocossula
Turkish:
Pasifik Kara Sümsüğü
Ukrainian:
Сула кокосова
Chinese:
可岛鲣鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
灰頭鰹鳥
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931): Brewster's Booby ( Sula brewsteri) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): Cocos Booby ( Sula brewsteri) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 66th suppl.): Cocos Booby ( Sula brewsteri) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Cocos Booby ( Sula brewsteri) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Cocos Booby ( Sula brewsteri) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Cocos Booby ( Sula brewsteri) |
| Avilist 2025: Cocos Booby ( Sula brewsteri) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Cocos Booby ( Sula brewsteri) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Cocos Booby ( Sula brewsteri) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Cocos Booby ( Sula brewsteri) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Cocos Booby ( Sula brewsteri) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Cocos Booby ( Sula brewsteri) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): Brewster's Booby ( Sula brewsteri) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a 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: Witblesmalgas
Bulgarian: Калифорнийски рибояд
Catalan: mascarell de Brewster
Czech: terej kokosový
Danish: Stillehavssule
English: Brewster's Booby, Cocos Booby
[ENAV]: Cocos Booby
English, HBW: Brown Booby (Brewster's/Colombian)
English, Hawaii: ʻĀ - Cocos Booby
English (IOC): Cocos Booby
English (United States): Cocos Booby
Esperanto: kokosa sulo
Spanish: Piquero de Brewster
Spanish (Chile): Piquero de Cocos
Spanish (Costa Rica): Piquero de Cocos
Spanish (Ecuador): Piquero de Cocos
Spanish (Spain): Piquero de Brewster
Spanish (Honduras): Bobo de Cocos
Spanish (Mexico): Bobo de Cocos
Spanish (Panama): Piquero de Cocos
Spanish (Peru): Piquero de Cocos
Basque: Zanga mexikarra
Finnish: meksikonruskosuula
French: Fou brun (brewsteri), Fou de Brewster, Fou des Cocos
Hebrew: סולה מערבית
Japanese: シロガシラカツオドリ
Scientific: Sula brewsteri
Dutch: Cocosgent
Norwegian: blekhodesule
Polish: głuptak siwogłowy
Portuguese: atobá-do-coco
Slovak: sula tropická
Serbian: Kokos bluna
Swedish: cocossula
Turkish: Pasifik Kara Sümsüğü
Ukrainian: Сула кокосова
Chinese: 可岛鲣鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 灰頭鰹鳥
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