Brown Booby
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Sea-cliffs (very rare).
Diet: Fish.
Best time to spot: All-brown; yellow feet.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. Numbers peak in May. See the May birding guide for what else is about. More on the season in British seabirds.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Masked Booby · Sea (extreme vagrant)
- Red-footed Booby · Sea (extreme vagrant)
- Blue Rock Thrush · Rocky cliffs (very rare)
- Eastern Black Redstart · Coastal cliffs (very rare race)
- Eleonora's Falcon · Sea-cliffs (very rare)
- Little Swift · Cliffs (very rare vagrant)
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