Brown Booby (species: Sula leucogaster) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Sula leucogaster
Brown Booby


©Anne Hoggett: Brown Booby near Day Reef

©Anne Hoggett: Sula leucogaster at Jewell Reef near Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Sula leucogaster at Jewell Reef near Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Suliformes
Family Sulidae
Genus Sula
Species Sula leucogaster
Status least concern

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

This is the common booby in the Lizard Island area. Adults are brown above and on the breast, sharply demarcated from white underparts.

Size

  • Up to 75 cm (Length of specimen)

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Blaber, S.J.M., D.A. Milton, M.J. Farmer and G.C. Smith (1998). Seabird breeding populations on the far northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia: Trends and influences, Emu, 98: 44-57. LIRS catalog number 662.
  • Domm, S. (1977). Sea birds and waders of the Lizard Island area, The Sunbird, 8: 1-8. LIRS catalog number 4.
  • Simpson, K., N. Day and P. Trusler (1996). Field Guide to the Birds of Australia: Fifth Edition Penguin Books, Australia.
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