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BOOBIES
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SULIDAE
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Blue-footed
Booby
Sula
nebouxii excisa
North Seymour, Galapagos, Ecuador.
A mated pair. The female is on the left with
the larger
pupil (actually a dark pigmented area around the pupil, not a
larger opening). (S5) |
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Blue-footed
Booby
Sula nebouxii
excisa
Galapagos,
Ecuador.
A male in full display. (S1) |
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Blue-footed
Booby
Sula nebouxii
excisa
North Seymour,
Galapagos, Ecuador.
A male in full display. (S5) |
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Blue-footed
Booby
Sula nebouxii
excisa
Galapagos
Islands, Ecuador.
(S5) |
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Nazca
Booby
Sula granti
Española, Galapagos, Ecuador.
Nazca Booby was split from Masked Booby (S. dactylatra)
based on its orange
(not yellow) bill and white (not black) central tail feathers.
Both of these features are visible in this photo. On a few
islands they nest together without interbreeding. Reference:
Pitman, R. L.; Jehl, J. R. (1998): Geographic variation and
reassessment of species limits in the "Masked" Boobies of the
eastern Pacific Ocean. Wilson
Bulletin 110(2): 155-170. (S5) |
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Nazca
Booby
Sula granti
Galapagos, Ecuador.
A close-up of the orange bill. (S1) |
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Red-footed
Booby
Sula sula
websteri
Genovesa Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
A brown morph individual. (S5) |
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Red-footed
Booby
Sula sula
websteri
Genovesa Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
A juveniule. (S5) |
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Red-footed
Booby
Sula sula
websteri
Genovesa Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
A fledgling. (S5) |
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Red-footed
Booby
Sula sula
websteri
Genovesa Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
(S5) |
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Brown
Booby
Sula
leucogaster
brewsteri
Puerto Angel, Oaxaca state, Mexico.
Juvenile. (S5) |
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