The Blue-footed Booby is one of seven species of Boobies in the world. The name "booby" comes from the Spanish term "bobo", which means "stupid". It was given this name because of its clumsy walking on land. They can be found on the west coast of North and South American and they breed on tropical and subtropical islands in the Pacific Ocean, most famously on the Galápagos Islands.
Blue Boobies are strict marine birds. They only come to land to breed along rocky coats.
In many bird species, all the eggs in a nest hatch around the same time. But in others, chicks emerge over a period of several days. This is called asynchronous hatching. It happens when a parent bird starts incubating the eggs right after the first... Read more »
The Blue-footed Booby is a beautiful bird that lives off the western coast of Central and South America. Half of all breeding pairs can be found on the Galápagos Islands, which is one of those places that... Read more »
