COCOS BOOBY

 

Photographed at Mark's Point, Lake Macquarie, NSW, May 2026.

1393        COCOS BOOBY           Sula brewsteri

AUSTRALIA            815

The Cocos booby, formerly known as Brewster's booby, is a species of booby in the family Sulidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of brown booby, but it was split by the American Ornithological Society in 2024 due to morphological and behavioural differences. It is native to the east and central Pacific Ocean.

BROWN BOOBY

Photographed from Tanah Lot, Bali October 2016

(see   628)                   BROWN BOOBY                  Sula leucogaster

INDONESIA (Bali)         (27)        

Although a pelagic bird it does fly close to the coast. 72 cm. Worldwide in tropical oceans: resident in the Flores Sea, Banda Sea, Maacca Strait and possibly elsewhere; widespread and fairly common. 

Photographed off the coast of Bali, November 2016

BROWN BOOBY

Photographed at Cygnet Bat Pearl, trip to Waterfall Reef, Western Australia, June 2015

628             BROWN BOOBY                Sula leucogaster

Australia          (471)

65-76 cm, span 1.4 cm. breeds all year round but with autumn and spring peaks. Common in nw WA, breeds from Ashmore Reef (n. Indian Ocean) s. to Bedout I.; in Q, from Raine I., off ne Cape York Pen. to Bunker Group, s. Gt Barrier Reef. Common offshore s. to Moreton Bay (Q) and dampier Arch. (WA); uncommon on NSW coast.