Red-footed Booby
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Red-footed Booby

Sula sula

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at La Amistad International Park (Panama)
180 Verified records at La Amistad International Park (Panama)
November Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The red-footed booby (Sula sula) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. Adults always have red feet, but the colour of the plumage varies. They are powerful and agile fliers, harnessing the wind to fly efficiently, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings. They forage by catching flying fish from above the ocean's surface and by performing shallow dives. They are found widely in the tropics, and breed colonially in coastal regions, especially isolated islands such as St. Brandon, Mauritius (Cargados Carajos shoals), and the Chagos Archipelago. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Red-footed Booby sighting in La Amistad International Park (Panama), based on 180 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at La Amistad International Park (Panama)

Brown Booby
LC

Brown Booby

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sula leucogaster

5–10% · With luck
Magnificent Frigatebird
LC Endemic

Magnificent Frigatebird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Fregata magnificens

20–30% · Possible
Bigua cormorant

Bigua cormorant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phalacrocorax brasilianus

10–20% · With luck
Anhinga
LC

Anhinga

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anhinga anhinga

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
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<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 La Amistad International Park (Panama)?

About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Red-footed Booby sighting in La Amistad International Park (Panama), based on 180 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Red-footed Booby in La Amistad International Park (Panama)?

November has the highest sighting rate for Red-footed Booby in La Amistad International Park (Panama) in our monthly data.

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