WoRMS taxon details
Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783)
- Subspecies Sula leucogaster brewsteri Goss, 1888
- Subspecies Sula leucogaster plotus (Forster, 1844)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 64-74 cm. Colour: adult sooty-brown above, on head, neck and breast; belly and undertail coverts white; underwing...
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical
Description Length: 64-74 cm. Colour: adult sooty-brown above, on head, neck and breast; belly and undertail coverts white; underwing white except for dark brown leading and trailing edges and tip; bill yellow to greenish grey with pink or blue tip; facial skin yellow to greenish; legs and feet yellow to greenish; immature like adult but with brown wash on underparts; bill and face grey. Habitat: shallow waters around oceanic islands. (<313><316><318>) [details]
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
WoRMS (2025). Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212597 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong Offshore Wind Farm in SoutheasternWaters. EIA report. [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Wingate, D. B. (1973). A Checklist and Guide to the Birds of Bermuda. David B. Wingate, Hamilton, Bermuda. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Imarpe. (2022). Informe ejecutivo del crucero 2202-04 de Evaluación Hidroacústica de Anchoveta y Otros Recursos Pelágicos, realizado entre el 15 de febrero al 09 de abril del 2022. <em>Imarpe.</em> 57p., available online at https://cdn.www.gob.pe/uploads/document/file/3084651/INFORME%20EJECUTIVO%202202-04.pdf?v=1652289648 [details] Available for editors
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additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Wingate, D. B. (1973). A Checklist and Guide to the Birds of Bermuda. David B. Wingate, Hamilton, Bermuda. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Imarpe. (2022). Informe ejecutivo del crucero 2202-04 de Evaluación Hidroacústica de Anchoveta y Otros Recursos Pelágicos, realizado entre el 15 de febrero al 09 de abril del 2022. <em>Imarpe.</em> 57p., available online at https://cdn.www.gob.pe/uploads/document/file/3084651/INFORME%20EJECUTIVO%202202-04.pdf?v=1652289648 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Length: 64-74 cm. Colour: adult sooty-brown above, on head, neck and breast; belly and undertail coverts white; underwing white except for dark brown leading and trailing edges and tip; bill yellow to greenish grey with pink or blue tip; facial skin yellow to greenish; legs and feet yellow to greenish; immature like adult but with brown wash on underparts; bill and face grey. Habitat: shallow waters around oceanic islands. (<313><316><318>) [details]Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | bruine Gent | [details] |
| English | brown booby | [details] |
| French | fou brun | [details] |
| German | Weißbauchtölpel | [details] |
| Hebrew | סולה לבנת-בטן | [details] |
| Japanese | カツオドリ | [details] |
| Lithuanian | baltapilvis padūkėlis | [details] |
| Polish | głuptak białobrzuchy | [details] |
| Russian | бурая олуша | [details] |
| Slovenian | rjavi strmoglavec | [details] |
| Spanish | piquero pardo | [details] |
| Turkish | kahverengi sümsük kuşu | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Олуша бураБура олуша | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (125 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sula leucogaster)
To GenBank (338 nucleotides; 96 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (125 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sula leucogaster)
To GenBank (338 nucleotides; 96 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
