Sula brewsteri (Cocos Booby)

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Cocos Booby

Sula brewsteri Goss, NS 1888

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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

English:
Cocos Booby
Danish:
Stillehavssule
French:
Fou des Cocos
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
Swedish:
cocossula
Chinese:
可岛鲣鸟

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]
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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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements: 1 2

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Other related concepts

Sula [brewsteri x nebouxii] (hybrid)

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