Blue-footed Booby

Closest Relatives at Galápagos Islands

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	80–90%
2	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	30–40%
3	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	30–40%
4	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	10–20%
5	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	0–10%
6	Paracas National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
7	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
8	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
9	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
10	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
11	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
12	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
13	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
14	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
15	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
16	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Blue-footed Booby in Galápagos Islands?

About 83% of visitor-days record a Blue-footed Booby sighting in Galápagos Islands, based on 5986 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Blue-footed Booby in Galápagos Islands?

April has the highest sighting rate for Blue-footed Booby in Galápagos Islands in our monthly data.