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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

Geographic range:

  • Sula brewsteri: breeds islands off southern California (Channel Islands) and western Mexico from central Baja California and Gulf of California (northwestern Mexico) to Revillagigedo and Clipperton islands, and Pacific islands off Central America and Colombia, from islands in Gulf of Fonseca (Honduras) to Gorgona Island (off Colombia)
  • Sula brewsteri brewsteri: breeds islands off southern California (Channel Islands) and western Mexico from central Baja California and Gulf of California (northwestern Mexico) to Revillagigedo and Clipperton islands
  • Sula brewsteri etesiaca: breeds Pacific islands off Central America and Colombia, from islands in Gulf of Fonseca (Honduras) to Gorgona Island (off Colombia)
English:
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) [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]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
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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Afrikaans: Witblesmalgas
Bulgarian: Калифорнийски рибояд
Catalan: mascarell de Brewster
Czech: terej kokosový
Danish: Stillehavssule
English: Brewster's Booby, Cocos Booby
English (Avilist): 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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