Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783)

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 26

**BROWN BOOBY Sula leucogaster

Status Regular visitor. Small numbers throughout New Guinea waters year-round but only known to breed in the South-East Islands (Beehler & Pratt 2016). 4 July 1982: single between Biak and Kuneff, Supiori ( KDB). D. Lopez-Velasco (in litt. 2021) noted it regularly along the south coast of Biak and during the crossing to Numfor including c.15 on 5 July 2017.