Birds
Blue-footed booby
Sula nebouxiiConservation statusLeast Concern
DietSardines and anchovies
LifespanAbout 17 years
Size and weightAbout 80 cm, about 1.5 kg
A brown and white seabird with bright blue feet. When it tries to win a partner, it slowly lifts one foot, then the other.
Blue foot
What makes it specialThe blue comes from colors (pigments) in fresh fish. Without food it fades in about 48 hours. So the female can see if her partner eats well.
Surprising factDives for fish from high in the air.
PopulationIn the Galápagos it has fallen to about 6,400 birds, after the number of sardines fell sharply.
Around Vicente Roca, and on other islands along the cruise