Galapagos Birds – Red-footed Booby with Brown Morph
The brown morph of the red-footed booby is overall brown. The white-tailed brown morph is similar, but has a white belly, rump, and tail. The white-headed and white-tailed brown morph has a mostly white body, tail and head, and brown wings and back.
Galapagos Birds – Red-footed Booby with White Morph
The red-footed booby has several morphs. In the white morph the plumage is mostly white (the head often tinged yellowish) and the flight feathers are black.
Galapagos Birds – Red-footed Booby Portrait
Smallest of the boobies, the red-foot feeds at sea, nests on the ground, and perches in coastal trees. Red-footed boobies appear in a variety of color morphs but, of course, all have feet of the distinctive red color which gives them their name.