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Red-footed Booby

Seabirds

Sula sula

Basic stats

Diet

Flying fish and squid, caught by plunge-diving

Habitat

Tropical ocean, nesting in trees or bushes on remote islands

Range

Pantropical

Clutch size

1 egg

Incubation period

About 44–46 days

Size

Medium (66–77cm)

Wingspan

~91–101cm

Weight

~800–1,100g

A slender booby occurring in white, brown and intermediate colour morphs, always with bright red feet and a pale blue-based bill.

Wanders widely over tropical seas and is occasionally recorded resting on buoys or boats off the Bornean coast, far from its nearest breeding colonies.

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