red-footed booby
E705875
The red-footed booby is a tropical seabird known for its distinctive brightly colored feet, agile plunge-diving for fish and squid, and widespread breeding colonies across islands in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| red-footed boobies | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird species
ⓘ
vertebrate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| binomialName | Sula sula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodySize | medium-sized booby ⓘ |
| breedingHabitat |
coastal trees and shrubs
ⓘ
coral islands ⓘ oceanic islands ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| commonName | red-footed booby ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| diet |
fish
ⓘ
squid ⓘ |
| distribution |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Sulidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feedingBehavior | plunge-diving ⓘ |
| flightStyle |
soaring over the ocean
ⓘ
strong flier ⓘ |
| foragingRange | far offshore from breeding colonies ⓘ |
| genus | Sula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
offshore marine waters
ⓘ
tropical oceans ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
brightly colored feet
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plunge-diving behavior ⓘ red feet ⓘ tropical seabird ⓘ |
| hasColonyType | large breeding colonies ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
powerful diver
ⓘ
strong swimmer ⓘ |
| nestType |
shrub nests
ⓘ
tree nests ⓘ |
| order | Suliformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentalCare | biparental incubation ⓘ |
| plumageMorph |
brown morph
ⓘ
white morph ⓘ white-tailed brown morph ⓘ |
| plumageVariation | multiple color morphs ⓘ |
| relativeSize | smallest booby species ⓘ |
| reproduction | lays one egg per clutch ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | colonial nester ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threats |
disturbance at breeding colonies
ⓘ
entanglement in fishing gear ⓘ introduced predators on islands ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
red-footed boobies