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| Brown Booby Sula leucogaster plotus
- Adult in flight |
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| Photographer : | © Joseph Morlan |
| Location : | off the Danjo Islands, East China Sea, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan |
| Date : |
2 September 2019 |
| English synonyms: | Brewster's Booby, Catesby's Booby, Common Booby, Booby, Booby Gannet, Western Brown Gannet (rogersi = plotus), Brown Gannet, White-bellied Booby, Yellow-footed Booby |
| Bird Family : | Sulidae - Boobies |
| Bird Group : | CICONIIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | These birds were common around our ship with an estimated thirty
individuals as we passed the Danjo Islands where they breed. Males in breeding condition reportedly
have a blue face and bill base, but most of our birds had just a small blue spot in front of the eye. - JM |
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