---
title: "Cocos Booby"
description: "Sula brewsteri — Vögel. The Cocos booby (Sula brewsteri), formerly known as Brewster's booby, is a species of booby in the family Sulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/cocos-booby
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cocos Booby

> Sula brewsteri — Vögel. The Cocos booby (Sula brewsteri), formerly known as Brewster's booby, is a species of booby in the family Sulidae.

- Scientific name: *Sula brewsteri*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 4766
- iNaturalist taxon: [1578501](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1578501)

## Names

- en: Cocos Booby
- es: Piquero de Brewster
- fr: Fou des Cocos

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1493), US (672), CR (590), PA (178), AU (55), NI (23), UM (19), CO (18), SV (15), EC (13), CL (6), PE (3)

## Summary

The Cocos booby (Sula brewsteri), formerly known as Brewster's booby, is a species of booby in the family Sulidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of brown booby, but it was split by the American Ornithological Society in 2024 due to morphological and behavioural differences. It is native to the east and central Pacific Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos_booby

## Photo

![Cocos Booby](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cocos-booby/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155427345

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cocos-booby?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).