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Brown Booby in flight  Brown Booby,Sula leucogaster Click/tap to enlarge

Brown Booby in flight

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  1. Terrific catch! Misses some sharpness, but nevertheless great! Posted 13 years ago
    1. Thanks:-) We were watching for dolphins, so focus was somewhere else when this bird showed up. Posted 13 years ago

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The brown booby is a large seabird of the booby family, "Sulidae". They present sexual dimorphism. The female booby reaches about 80 centimetres in length, its wingspan measures up to 150 cm, and they can weigh up to 1,300 g. The male booby reaches about 75 centimetres in length, its wingspan measures up to 140 cm, and they can weigh up to 1,000 g.

Similar species: Sulids
Species identified by WildFlower
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By Monique Biemans

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Uploaded Jan 9, 2012. Captured May 2, 2011 07:13.
  • Canon EOS 450D
  • f/8.0
  • 1/512s
  • ISO200
  • 214mm