Red-footed Booby
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Red-footed Booby

Sula sula

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Channel Islands National Park
86 Verified records at Channel Islands National Park
August Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The red-footed booby (Sula sula) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. Adults always have red feet, but the colour of the plumage varies. They are powerful and agile fliers, harnessing the wind to fly efficiently, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings. They forage by catching flying fish from above the ocean's surface and by performing shallow dives. They are found widely in the tropics, and breed colonially in coastal regions, especially isolated islands such as St. Brandon, Mauritius (Cargados Carajos shoals), and the Chagos Archipelago. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Red-footed Booby sighting in Channel Islands National Park, based on 86 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Channel Islands National Park

Masked Booby
LC

Masked Booby

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sula dactylatra

5–10% · With luck
Blue-footed Booby
LC

Blue-footed Booby

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sula nebouxii

<5% · Rare
Nazca Booby
LC

Nazca Booby

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sula granti

<5% · Rare
Double-crested Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phalacrocorax auritus

50–60% · Likely
Townsend's Cormorant
LC

Townsend's Cormorant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Urile penicillatus

20–30% · Possible
Pelagic Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phalacrocorax pelagicus

10–20% · With luck
Bigua cormorant

Bigua cormorant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phalacrocorax brasilianus

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
5–10
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Isla del Coco National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
90–100%
2 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
10–20%
3 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
10–20%
4 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
5 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
6 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
7 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
8 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
9 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
10 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
11 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
12 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
13 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
Insufficient data
14 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
15 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
16 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
17 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
18 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
19 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
20 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
21 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Red-footed Booby in Channel Islands National Park?

About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Red-footed Booby sighting in Channel Islands National Park, based on 86 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Red-footed Booby in Channel Islands National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Red-footed Booby in Channel Islands National Park in our monthly data.

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