Blue-footed Booby, Sula nebouxii

Blue-footed Booby, Sula nebouxii.

Blue-footed Booby, Sula nebouxii. Photograph taken in the greater Zihuatanejo area, Guerrero, March 2018. Photograph courtesy of Ron Woheau, Zihuatanejo.

Blue-footed Booby, Sula nebouxii. Photograph taken in the coastal area of Yavaros, Sonora, November 2018. Photograph and identification courtesy of David F Smith, Alamos, Sonora.

The Blue-footed Booby, Sula nebouxii, is a member of the Sulidae Family of Boobies and Gannets. They are mid-sized in stature. In Mexico they are found in the coastal regions within the Sea of Cortez and within the Pacific Slope along the east coast of Baja and in the states of Sinaloa and Sonora always in site of the ocean. From a conservation perspective the Blue-footed Booby is currently considered to be of Least Concern with stable, widely distributed populations. They roost on rocky islets and shorelines in areas with little or no vegetation. They are shallow water plunge divers with their diet consists primarily of fish and a limited amounts of squid.