Are Blue Footed Bubi Extinct?

Currently, blue-footed boobies are listed as a species of the least concern for extinction; however, populations in the Galapagos islands say otherwise.

How many blue-footed boobies are left?

On these islands in the Pacific Ocean to the west of Ecuador, the population of blue-footed boobies has dropped from around 20,000 in the 1960s to 6,400 today, according to a new study in Avian Conservation and Ecology.

When did blue-footed booby go extinct?

It went great until 1997, the year of a powerful El Niño warm water event. Many seabirds struggle under El Niño conditions, so when the blue-footed boobies vanished from our study site on Española Island, I was not surprised.