The Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. As suggested by the name, adults always have red feet, but the colour of the plumage varies. They are powerful and agile fliers, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings. We were lucky enough to see them very close up as some young birds decided to hitch a ride on our boat! You can see in the photos below how some birds still have the dull juvenile feet where the one closest to me is changing into his adult red feet!
Red-footed Boobies have a pretty large range geographically around the world just north & south of the equator. In the Galapagos, they are easily seen at Punta Pitt on San Cristobal.
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See them in Belize.
And the Galapagos!
This video filmed in Australia shows the difference between adult & juvenile feet very nicely.