Red-footed booby

Sula sula
A Red-footed booby in a tree.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Suliformes
Family:
Sulidae
Genus:
Sula
Species:
S.sula

The Red-footed booby (Sula sula) is a large seabird in the family Sulidae. It weighs 1.8 pounds and is the smallest species in its Genus. Adults have red feet.

Distribution

They mainly live in the in the Galapagos islands, Hawaii, the Maldives, Christmas Island, and the Indian Ocean. The species sometimes wanders over the United Kingdom and New Zealand.