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The Red-footed booby (Sula sula) is a bird found in United States, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Australia and Costa Rica. Tropical oceans, nesting in trees on remote islands. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fish. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Red-footed booby lives

Tropical oceans, nesting in trees on remote islands.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs50%
• 🐟 Fish50%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Barry Edmonston (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC815569. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Red-footed booby

Where does the Red-footed booby live?

The Red-footed booby lives in United States, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Australia and Costa Rica. Tropical oceans, nesting in trees on remote islands.

What does the Red-footed booby eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 50%), fish (about 50%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Red-footed booby endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Noisy friarbird
• Australian king parrot
• Mistletoebird
• Pied stilt
• Singing honeyeater
• Australasian darter

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.