Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Blue-footed Booby

Sula nebouxii

Spanish: Bobo pata azul

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii)
Photographed by adriang100 on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

The blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) is a marine bird native to subtropical and tropical regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is one of six species of the genus Sula – known as boobies. It is easily recognizable by its distinctive bright blue feet, which is a sexually selected trait. Males display their feet in an elaborate mating ritual by lifting them up and down while strutting before the female. The female is slightly larger than...

TaxonomyAves › Suliformes › Sulidae
Local records35 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records9,354 on iNaturalist
Most recent records2025 – 2026
Months of the 8 most recent records
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Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/sula-nebouxii/, 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.