Red footed Booby (white tailed brown morph)

Whilst in Tobago we took a boat ride out to St Giles Island which is an uninhabited protected Island home to several different types of sea birds including these very colourful red footed boobies. These ones were of the white tailed brown morph variety but plumage colour can vary greatly between species. The red footed boobies are the smallest of all at around 70cm and spend most of their lives at sea apart from when they are breeding.