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;Sula nebouxii | ;Sula nebouxii | ||
[[Image:Blue-footed_Booby.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Ian Jeanneret <br>Photographed: Santa Cruz, Galapagos.]] | [[Image:Blue-footed_Booby.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Ian Jeanneret <br>Photographed: Santa Cruz, Galapagos.]] | ||
| + | ==Description== | ||
| + | 32-34" (81-86 cm). Large seabird with long pointed bill, wings, and tail. Head and neck pale, | ||
| + | streaked brown. Wings are dark brown; there are white patches on nape and rump, while the mantle is barred with thin white lines, and the tail is mostly white with dark corners on the upperside, but brown when seen from below; the rest of underparts white. Underside of wings are white only near the body, with two pale bars on the wing coverts. Legs and feet bright blue, and the bill gray. Immatures are overall darker with darker bill and duller feet. | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | [[Brown Booby]] lacks white patches on nape and rump; its feet are yellow or greenish yellow. | |
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| − | Brown Booby lacks white patches on nape and rump; its feet are yellow or greenish yellow. | ||
| + | ==Distribution and Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Subspecies ''nebouxii'' is found along the pacific coast of Mexico to Peru, white ''excisa'' belongs in [[Galapagos Islands Ecuador|Galapagos]]. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Open Sea | + | Open Sea but also quite often near coast in shallow waters, and may even occur as a visitor in inland waters. Usually nests in colonies on islands or isolated cliffs where 2 or 3 chalky pale blue or green eggs laid on the ground. |
| − | == | + | ==Behavior== |
| − | + | Boobies fly fairly high over the ocean with steady, rapid, even strokes, followed by a short glide. | |
| − | + | When fishing, Blue-footed Boobies plunge headlong into the water with wings partly folded after a cirkling motion; they sometimes snatch flying-fish out of the air. Often in groups when fishing. | |
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==Voice== | ==Voice== | ||
Usually silent; trumpeting and whistling noises on breeding grounds. | Usually silent; trumpeting and whistling noises on breeding grounds. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Sula+nebouxii}} | {{GSearch|Sula+nebouxii}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 01:38, 27 August 2007
- Sula nebouxii
Description
32-34" (81-86 cm). Large seabird with long pointed bill, wings, and tail. Head and neck pale, streaked brown. Wings are dark brown; there are white patches on nape and rump, while the mantle is barred with thin white lines, and the tail is mostly white with dark corners on the upperside, but brown when seen from below; the rest of underparts white. Underside of wings are white only near the body, with two pale bars on the wing coverts. Legs and feet bright blue, and the bill gray. Immatures are overall darker with darker bill and duller feet.
Identification
Brown Booby lacks white patches on nape and rump; its feet are yellow or greenish yellow.
Distribution and Taxonomy
Subspecies nebouxii is found along the pacific coast of Mexico to Peru, white excisa belongs in Galapagos.
Habitat
Open Sea but also quite often near coast in shallow waters, and may even occur as a visitor in inland waters. Usually nests in colonies on islands or isolated cliffs where 2 or 3 chalky pale blue or green eggs laid on the ground.
Behavior
Boobies fly fairly high over the ocean with steady, rapid, even strokes, followed by a short glide. When fishing, Blue-footed Boobies plunge headlong into the water with wings partly folded after a cirkling motion; they sometimes snatch flying-fish out of the air. Often in groups when fishing.
Voice
Usually silent; trumpeting and whistling noises on breeding grounds.
