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Red-footed Booby

Sula sula

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 353, February 306, March 318, April 395, May 383, June 282, July 241, August 246, September 312, October 319, November 410, December 316.
United States29,205
California3,881
Hawaii1,860
Washington1,157
Ecuador192
Galápagos168
Australia135
Other Territories133
Texas98
North Carolina95

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderGannets, Cormorants, and Allies · Suliformes
FamilyBoobies and Gannets · Sulidae
GenusTypical Boobies · Sula

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