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| Masked Booby Sula dactylatra personata
- Immature in flight |
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| Photographer : | © Joseph Morlan |
| Location : | off Minamidaitojima Island, Daitō Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Date : |
5 September 2019 |
| English synonyms: | Blue-faced Booby, Indian Ocean Masked Booby (melanops), White Booby, Masked Gannet
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| Bird Family : | Sulidae - Boobies |
| Bird Group : | CICONIIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | This is an immature showing mostly dark head and white collar. The patches
of white on its head, back and lesser wing coverts indicate molting and
photos indicate that it has begun wing molt with p1 and p2 growing in. This
individual kept its bill partly open most of the time. - JM |
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