Why Are Birds Called Booby?

But why do we call them boobies? The name comes from bobo, a spanish slang term for stupid – a reference to how easily the birds could be captured by 18th century Spanish sailors. Boobies, like most seabirds, can spend weeks or months out at sea. What is a flock of boobies called? A group … Read more

Where Are Brown Boobies Found?

brown boobies are found across tropical regions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans In the Americas, they breed on islands off the pacific coast , in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean. What does a brown boobie look like? Adults are rich chocolate brown with starkly contrasting white bellies and central underwings … Read more