Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Red-footed Booby FAMILY - Sulidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Sula sula SYNONYMS - Pelecanus sula - Linnaeus, 1766 REFERENCES - 1 and 2 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 20 Resident, species present all year. 3 Vulnerable in Belize 19 Of concern: cayes and coastal zone 19 Of concern: cayes and coastal zone 5 U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty 15 District Reference Belize 4 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Half Moon Caye Natural Monument Collected as voucher 17 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument Sighting Wet season 5 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument Sighting Wet season 6 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument Sighting Dry season 10 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument Sighting Wet season 11 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument Sighting Wet season 12 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument Permanent 4 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument 13 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument 14 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument Collected as voucher 18 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 16 1-200 m 17 1-200 m 18 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 16 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 4 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' 10 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' 11 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' 12 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' 13 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' 14 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' 17 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' 18 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 16 Marine 18 Marine 17 Marine 14 Marine 13 Marine 12 Marine 11 Marine 10 General Distribution Comments 20* Uncommon mangroves lowlands & coastal beaches. Common cayes inc. Ambergris. 3* Common on Half Moon Cay. References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 4 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. In Preparation. 5 McRae, E., 1994. The Birds of Belize's Coastal Zone: Species, Distribution, Current Status, Threats to their Well-being, and Potential Measures to Reduce their Impact. Report to NPAMP. 6 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 7 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller, S. N. G. Howell. In prep. An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Belize. 8 Stiles, F. G., A. F. Skutch. 1989. A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica. Ithaca, NY. Comstock Publishing Associates 9 Howell, S. N. G., S. Webb. 1995. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. New York. Oxford University Press. 10 Meadows, M. 1982. A Trip to Half Moon Caye 26-30 July, 1982. Belize Audubon Society Bulletin. 14(6):1-2. 11 Miller, C. M., B. W. Miller. 1995. Avian Surveys: Half Moon Caye Natural Monument. Unpublished report for Belize Audubon Society. 12 Salvin, O. 1864. A Fortnight amongst the Sea-birds of British Honduras. Ibis 6:372-387. 13 Pomeroy, C. 1989. Internship Report, Half Moon Caye Natural Monument. Unpublished report for Belize Audubon Society. 14 Cross, W. E. 1992. Half Moon Caye Natural Monument, Belize: Status of Red-footed Booby and Magnificent Frigatebird, December 1991. Unpublished report to Belize Audubon Society. 15 Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations, Subchapter B., Part 10.13: List of Migratory Birds. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1985 0-488-794. (Lists all species of migratory birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-711). 16 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 17 Panza, R. 1997. Carnegie Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jun. 1, 1997. 18 Hinshaw, J. 1997. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology bird holdings through Jun. 1, 1997. 19 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program. 20 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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