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The blue-footed booby is on average 81 cm (32 in) long and weighs 1.5 kg (3 + 1 ⁄ 4 lb), with the female being slightly larger than the male. Its wings are long, pointed, and brown in color. The neck and head of the blue-footed booby are light brown with white streaks, while the belly and underside exhibit pure white plumage. [12]
Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) with distinctive colouring and bill. Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) preparing to land. Sulids measure about 60 to 85 cm (24 to 33 in) in length and have a wingspan around 140 to 175 cm (4.59 to 5.74 ft).
Blue-footed booby; Brown booby; C. Cocos booby; M. Masked booby; N. Nazca booby; P. Peruvian booby; R. Red-footed booby This page was last edited on 24 November 2018 ...
The masked booby (Sula dactylatra), also called the masked gannet or the blue-faced booby, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae. First described by the French naturalist René-Primevère Lesson in 1831, the masked booby is one of six species of booby in the genus Sula. It has a typical sulid body shape, with a long pointed ...
Blue-footed booby. Order: Suliformes Family: Sulidae. Boobies are seabirds which were once lumped along with darters, cormorants, and frigatebirds in Pelecaniformes. Their feet are variously coloured, black with striped toes in gannets, and grey, red, blue, yellow, black, or ochre in boobies. Blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii excisa (ES)
Composed largely of rock formations and covering an estimated area of 0.12 km 2, these islands are an important sanctuary for marine fauna like the guanay guano bird, the blue-footed booby and the tendril. Other notable species include Humboldt penguins and two varieties of seals (fur seals and sea lions), amongst other mammals.
The Blue Feet Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Arlington, Massachusetts, that raises money to support research and the protection of the blue-footed booby in the Galapagos Islands. The population of the Blue-footed booby in the Galapagos has fallen by 60% since the 1960s. [1] [2] [3]
[12] [13] Regular predation on blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) nestlings, which can weigh around 1280g, has been reported. [14] Aside from live prey, carrions are additionally taken, from dead seals to fish scraps. [4] Hunting in groups of two or three, the hawks soar at a height of 50 to 200 m (160 to 660 ft) in the sky.