Brown Booby
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Size
Length: ??cm (??in), Wingspan: ??cm (??in)
Field Marks
Adult: dark head, breast, mantle, and tail, white belly cleanly separated from dark breast, underwings white with dark border, large, yellow, pointed bill yellow legs and feet. Immature: plumage similar to adult but belly is slightly paler than breast. Takes 2 to 3 years to reach adult plumage. Sexes similar
Similar species
Adults are quite distinctive with their bold dark head and breast cleanly separated from the white belly. Immature boobies of other species are very similar to Brown Boobies. Young Brown Boobies have darker bellies than Masked and Blue-footed Boobies. As Brown Boobies age, the distinctive breast band becomes more apparent. Young Red-footed Boobies are also quite dark but are smaller, and have even darker bellies and underwings. First-year gannets are larger and lack the breast demarcation line.
Sounds
Feeding & Behavior
Dives for fish from air.
Habitat & Nesting
Pelagic bird only coming ashore to breed.
Range
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