| Cocos booby | |
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| Nominate subspecies seen in Mexico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Suliformes |
| Family: | Sulidae |
| Genus: | Sula |
| Species: | S. brewsteri
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| Binomial name | |
| Sula brewsteri Goss, 1888
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| Synonyms | |
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The Cocos booby (Sula brewsteri), formerly known as Brewster's booby, is a species of booby in the family Sulidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of Brown booby, but it was split by the American Ornithological Society in 2024 due to morphological and behavioural differences.[2] It is native to the east and central Pacific Ocean.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Sula leucogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22696698A132590197. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22696698A132590197.en. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "2024-B-2: Treat Sula brewsteri as a separate species from Brown Booby S. leucogaster" (PDF). American Ornithological Society. Retrieved 17 October 2024.