Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderSuliformes
- FamilySulidae (Boobies and Gannets)
- GenusSula (Typical Boobies)
- SpeciesSula leucogaster (Brown Booby)
Closest Relatives at Main Ridge Forest Reserve
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Brown Booby in Main Ridge Forest Reserve?
About 5% of visitor-days record a Brown Booby sighting in Main Ridge Forest Reserve, based on 22 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown Booby in Main Ridge Forest Reserve?
November has the highest sighting rate for Brown Booby in Main Ridge Forest Reserve in our monthly data.