Abstract
In the Canal de Ballenas, Gulf of California, Mexico, we observed Brown Boobies (Sula leucogaster) steal food from Blue-footed Boobies (Sula nebouxii), a previously undescribed kleptoparasitic interaction. Brown Boobies were the primary kleptoparasite of Blue-footed Boobies. Of the 28 attacks recorded we determined the sex of the Brown Boobie 16 times, and in all cases the Brown Boobies were females, the larger of the two sexes. Kleptoparasitism may be facilitated by the juxtaposition of these two species, with slightly different foraging strategies, in mixed-species feeding flocks.
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