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Birds of Indian Subcontinent

Genus SULA

Genus SULA.

Sula Brisson, Ornith., i, p. 60, vi, p. 494 (1760).

Type by first desig., Sula leucogaster Linn.

In this genus the bill is powerful, straight, compressed and pointed; the culmen is flattened, broad at the base, curved at the end but not hooked - the upper mandible has a groove on each side near the culmen; the nostril is completely closed in adults, minute and basal in young birds ; the inner margins of both mandibles are serrated, more strongly so towards the tip; the wings are long and pointed ; the tail long and wedge-shaped ; the tarsus is short but powerful, with the outer and middle toes equal and the claw of the middle toe broad and pectinated.

The Boobies and Gannets inhabit the tropical and temperate seas but are only very casual visitors to the shores of India, three species having been known to occur, one of which, dactylatra, has been represented by two subspecies, one an Eastern, the other a Western form.

Key to Species.

A. Tail-feathers fourteen.
a. Head, neck and upper parts brown in adults; feet pale yellow…………..S. leucogaster, p. 285,
b. Head, neck, body and tail white in adults; feet red …………..S. sula, p. 286.
B. Tail-feathers sixteen; head, neck and body white in adults: tail blackish; feet slaty…………..S. dactylatra, p. 287.

BookTitle: 
The Fauna Of British India, Including Ceylon And Burma-birds(second Edition)
Reference: 
Baker, EC S (1922–1930) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Second edition. vol.6 1929.
Title in Book: 
Genus SULA
Book Author: 
Edward Charles Stuart Baker
Year: 
1929
Page No: 
284
M_ID: 
2403
M_SN: 
Sula
Volume: 
Vol. 6
Term name: 
id: 
5105

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