Blue-footed booby
Sula nebouxii
ok. 81 cmDorosły ptak
total length
total length
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- Mass
- 1500–2200 gZakres Cornell dla dorosłych ptaków; płeć zgodnie z kartą gatunku
Blue-footed booby — size comparison
The blue-footed booby lives around the eastern Pacific. It has pale underparts, brown wings and intensely blue feet. It spots fish schools from above, folds its
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Total lengthScale in m
00,20,40,60,81
approx. 81 cm
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Blue-footed booby — size comparison — facts and sources
The blue-footed booby lives around the eastern Pacific. It has pale underparts, brown wings and intensely blue feet. It spots fish schools from above, folds its wings and plunges into the sea. Many birds may hunt together when fish gather near the surface.
Foot colour matters in courtship. A male raises its feet in slow, exaggerated steps before a female and displays a chosen nesting site. Partners share incubation and food delivery. They regularly leave the colony for the sea, returning with fish for chicks.