Red-footed Booby Sula sula Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (53)
- Subspecies (3)
Elizabeth A. Schreiber, R. W. Schreiber, and G. A. Schenk
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rooipootmalgas |
| Asturian | Mazcatu de pates bermeyes |
| Basque | Zanga hankagorria |
| Bulgarian | Червенокрак рибояд |
| Catalan | mascarell cama-roig |
| Chinese | 紅腳鰹鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 红脚鲣鸟 |
| Czech | terej červenonohý |
| Danish | Rødfodet Sule |
| Dutch | Roodpootgent |
| English | Red-footed Booby |
| English (HAW) | ʻĀ - Red-footed Booby |
| English (United States) | Red-footed Booby |
| Finnish | punajalkasuula |
| French | Fou à pieds rouges |
| French (France) | Fou à pieds rouges |
| French (Haiti) | Fou à pied rouge |
| Galician | Atobá de pés vermellos |
| German | Rotfußtölpel |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Gwo fou blan |
| Hebrew | סולה אדומת-רגל |
| Hungarian | Piroslábú szula |
| Icelandic | Trjásúla |
| Indonesian | Angsa-batu kaki-merah |
| Japanese | アカアシカツオドリ |
| Korean | 붉은발얼가니새 |
| Malayalam | ചെങ്കാലൻ കടൽവാത്ത് |
| Norwegian | rødfotsule |
| Persian | بوبی پاسرخ |
| Polish | głuptak czerwononogi |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | atobá-de-pé-vermelho |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Atobá-de-patas-vermelhas |
| Russian | Красноногая олуша |
| Serbian | Crvenonoga bluna |
| Slovak | sula červenonohá |
| Slovenian | Rdečenogi strmoglavec |
| Spanish | Piquero Patirrojo |
| Spanish (Chile) | Piquero de patas rojas |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Piquero Patirrojo |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Pájaro bobo blanco |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Bubí Patas Rojas |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Piquero Patas Rojas |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Bobo Patas Rojas |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Bobo Patas Rojas |
| Spanish (Panama) | Piquero Patirrojo |
| Spanish (Peru) | Piquero de Pata Roja |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Boba Patirroja |
| Spanish (Spain) | Piquero patirrojo |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Boba Rabo Blanco |
| Swedish | rödfotad sula |
| Thai | นกบู๊บบี้ตีนแดง |
| Turkish | Kırmızı Ayaklı Sümsük |
| Ukrainian | Сула червононога |
Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Pelecanus Sula
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.218.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'in Pelago indico'; Barbados, West Indies, designated by Grant and Mackworth-Praed, 1933, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, 53, pp. 185-187.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SULA
- sula
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Red-footed Booby
