Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Brown Booby

Sula leucogaster

Spanish: Bobo café

Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
Photographed by florent_pouzet on iNaturalist · taken in 9CGH+845, Makemo, Polynésie française, not near La Saladita

The brown booby (Sula leucogaster) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. They present sexual dimorphism. The female booby reaches about 80 centimetres (31 in) in length, its wingspan measures up to 150 cm (4.9 ft), and they can weigh up to 1,300 g (2.9 lb). The male booby reaches about 75 centimetres (30 in) in length, its wingspan measures up to 140 cm (4.6 ft), and they can weigh up to 1,000 g (2.2 lb).

TaxonomyAves › Suliformes › Sulidae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records9,888 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/sula-leucogaster/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.