© Brian Sullivan
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Elizabeth A. Schreiber and R. L. Norton
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 2002
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bruinmalgas |
| Arabic | أطيش بني |
| Asturian | Mazcatu pardu |
| Basque | Zanga iluna |
| Bulgarian | Белокорем рибояд |
| Catalan | mascarell bru |
| Chinese | 白腹鰹鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 褐鲣鸟 |
| Croatian | smeđa bluna |
| Czech | terej žlutonohý |
| Danish | Brun Sule |
| Dutch | Bruine Gent |
| English | Brown Booby |
| English (HAW) | ʻĀ - Brown Booby |
| English (United States) | Brown Booby |
| Finnish | ruskosuula |
| French | Fou brun |
| French (France) | Fou brun |
| Galician | Atobá pardo |
| German | Weißbauchtölpel |
| Greek | Λευκόγαστρη Σούλα |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Gwo fou gri |
| Hebrew | סולה לבנת-בטן |
| Hungarian | Barna szula |
| Icelandic | Brúnsúla |
| Indonesian | Angsa-batu cokelat |
| Italian | Sula fosca |
| Japanese | カツオドリ |
| Korean | 갈색얼가니새 |
| Lithuanian | Baltapilvis padūkėlis |
| Norwegian | brunsule |
| Polish | głuptak białobrzuchy |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | atobá-pardo |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Alcatraz-pardo |
| Romanian | Corb de mare brun |
| Russian | Бурая олуша |
| Serbian | Smeđa bluna |
| Slovak | sula hnedá |
| Slovenian | Rjavi strmoglavec |
| Spanish | Piquero Pardo |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Piquero Pardo |
| Spanish (Chile) | Piquero café |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Piquero Moreno |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Pájaro bobo prieto |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Bubí Pardo |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Piquero Pardo |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Bobo Café |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Bobo Café |
| Spanish (Panama) | Piquero Pardo |
| Spanish (Peru) | Piquero Pardo |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Boba Parda |
| Spanish (Spain) | Piquero pardo |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Piquero Pardo |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Boba Marrón |
| Swedish | brun sula |
| Thai | นกบู๊บบี้สีน้ำตาล |
| Turkish | Kara Sümsük |
| Ukrainian | Сула білочерева |
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Breeding distribution of the Brown Booby in the Hawaiian Archipelago.
This species also breeds on Lehua off Kaua‘i and on Moku Manu off O‘ahu, as well as in tropical waters throughout the world. Its winter range is poorly known, probably mostly at sea. See text for details.
