Red-footed Booby

Closest Relatives at Machalilla National Park

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	Isla del Coco National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	90–100%
2	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	10–20%
3	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	10–20%
4	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
5	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
6	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
7	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
8	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
9	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
10	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
11	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
12	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
13	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	Insufficient data
14	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
15	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
16	Bali Barat National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	Insufficient data
17	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
18	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
19	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
20	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
21	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Red-footed Booby in Machalilla National Park?

About 12% of visitor-days record a Red-footed Booby sighting in Machalilla National Park, based on 110 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Red-footed Booby in Machalilla National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Red-footed Booby in Machalilla National Park in our monthly data.