Scientific Name: Sula leucogaster
Malay Name: Angsa-Laut Biasa
Chinese Name: 褐鲣鸟
Range:
Found from tropical and subtropical Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and wanders widely outside breeding seasons to Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia
Taxonomy:
Polytypic. Subspecies are: leucogaster, brewsteri, etesiaca, plotus.
Local Subspecies: plotus
Size: 73-83 cm
Identification:
Adult has distinctive dark chocolate-brown plumage with contrasting white lower breast to vent and mostly white underwing-coverts. Female is slight larger than male. Juvenile has somewhat paler brown plumage and washed dusky-brownish lower breast.
Similar looking species: Red-footed Booby, Masked Booby
Habitat: Open seas and sometimes coastal waters.
Behaviour/Ecology: More regularly sighted over shallow inshore waters than other Booby species.
Local Status: Very rare non-breeding visitor
Conservation Status: Least Concern (BirdLife International 2018)
Past accepted records in our database:
Migrant bar chart (see more bar charts):
Conservation Status: IUCN Red List Page
Sound Recordings: xeno-canto Link
Wikipedia Entry: Wikipedia Link
eBird Species page: eBird (Brown Booby)
BirdLife International. (2018). Sula leucogaster. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22696698A132590197.en. Accessed on 1 January 2023
Robson, C. (2014). Field guide to the birds of South-East Asia (Second Edition). Bloomsbury Publishing, London.