Brown Booby - Sula leucogaster


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Common Name : Brown Booby
Scientific Name : Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783)

Order : Pelecaniformes
Family : Sulidae
Taxonomic Group : Pelecaniformes - Sulidae ( Boobies and Gannets )
Vernacular Name : Gujarat: Badami waghomada



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Taxonomy



Common Name : Brown Booby
Scientific Name : Sula leucogaster
Order : Pelecaniformes Family : Sulidae (Boobies and Gannets)
Number of SubSpecies : 4

Taxon CategorySub Species / RaceRange
groupSula leucogaster brewsteriIslands in Gulf of California and off w Mexico
groupSula leucogaster leucogasterIslands in Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and tropical Atlantic
groupSula leucogaster plotusIslands in Red Sea, tropical Indian Ocean and s China Sea
subspeciesSula leucogaster etesiacaIslands off Central America and Colombia



3rd Edition, 2003. Revised and Corrected per Corrigenda to December 31, 2006

Common Name : Brown Booby
Scientific Name : Sula leucogaster
Number of SubSpecies : 4

Sub Species / Race
Sula leucogaster leucogaster
Sula leucogaster brewsteri
Sula leucogaster etesiaca
Sula leucogaster plotus



IOC Common Name : Brown Booby
IOC Scientific Name : Sula leucogaster

Distribution :
Region : TrO Range : widespread
Order : PELECANIFORMES Family : Sulidae
Category : Gannets, Boobies



SYNOPIS NO : 25

Scientific Name: Sula leucogaster
Common Name: Brown Bobby



Common Name : Brown Booby
Scientific Name : Sula leucogaster((Boddaert, 1783))
Birdlife Synonym :

BirdLife Redlist Status Year 2010: LC
BirdLife Species FactSheet for Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster )

Taxonomy Treatment : R




IUCN Common Name (Eng) : Brown Booby
Scientific Name : Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783)
French Name : Fou Brun
IUCN Redlist Species FactSheet for Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster )

Species : leucogaster
Genus : Sula
Family : SulidaeOrder : Pelecaniformes

IUCN RedList Status : LC

IUCN RedList Criteria Version : 3.1
IUCN RedList Year Assessed : 2008
IUCN RedList Petitioned : N



Family : SULIDAE

Scientific Name : Sula leucogaster
Common Name : Brown Booby



Bibliography


Bibliography of Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster )
Number of Results found : 100

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1. Yoda K;Kohno H; , (2009), Plunging Behaviour in Chick-rearing Brown Boobies, Ornithological Science, 7:1: 5 - 13.


2. Ken Yoda and Hiroyoshi Kohno , (2008), Plunging Behaviour in Chick-rearing Brown Boobies, Ornithological Science, 7:1: 5 - 13.


3. VANDERWERF, E.A., BECKER, B.L., EIJZENGA, J. & EIJZENGA, H. , (2008), Nazca Booby Sula granti and Brewster's Brown Booby S. leucogaster brewsteri in the Hawaiian Islands and Johnston and Palmyra atolls, Marine Ornithology, 36:1: 67 - 71.


4. Jennings MC , (2008), Unusual kleptoparasitism?, Phoenix, 24: 16 - 17.


5. DARRELL L. WHITWORTH, HARRY R. CARTER, JOSH S. KOEPKE , (2007), COLONIZATION OF THE BROWN BOOBY AT THE CORONADO ISLANDS, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO, Western Birds, 38.4: 268 - 279.


6. Richard Garrigues, Robert Dean , (2007), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), HELM FIELD GUIDES - BIRDS of COSTA RICA; Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd, : 14.


7. Hayato Chiba, Kazuto Kawakami, Hajime Suzuki and Kazuo Horikoshi , (2007), The Distribution of Seabirds in the Bonin Islands, Southern Japan, Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 39:1: 1 - 17.


8. Shobrak M , (2007), On the nesting status of some seabirds in Djibouti., Zoology in the Middle East, 42: 59 - 65.


9. Ber Van Perlo , (2006), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), Field Guide Birds of Mexico and Central America; Collins , : 5.


10. Latta, Rimmer, Keith, Wiley, Raffaele, McFarland, Fernandez , (2006), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), HELM FIELD GUIDES - BIRDS of the Dominican Republic & Haiti; Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd, : 6 / 41.


11. Yabsley MJ; Work TM; Rameyer RA , (2006), Molecular phylogeny of Babesia poelea from Brown Boobies (Sula leucogaster) from Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific., Journal of Parasitology, 92: 423 - 425.


12. Craig Robson , (2005), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), BIRDS OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA; New Holland Publishers Ltd, : 74.


13. SUE LEWIS, E. A. SCHREIBER, FRANCIS DAUNT, GARY A. SCHENK, KATE ORR, AILEEN ADAMS, SARAH WANLESS, KEITH C. HAMER , (2005), Sex-specific foraging behaviour in tropical boobies: does size matter? , Ibis, 147:2: 408 - 414.


14. Castillo-Guerrero JA;Mellink E;Aguilar A; , (2005), Bigamy in the Blue-footed Booby and the Brown Booby?, Waterbirds, 28:3: 399 - 401.


15. Kawakami K; Yamamoto Y; Horikoshi K , (2005), The seabird fauna of Nishinoshima Island, the Bonin Islands, Southern Japan, Strix, 23: 159 - 166.


16. Dick Watling , (2004), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF FIJI & WESTERN POLYNESIA; Environmental Consultants (Fiji) Ltd, : 196 / 12.


17. RF Porter; S.Christensen; P.Schiermacker-Hansen , (2004), Brown Boob (Sula leucogaster), BIRDS OF THE MIDDLE EAST; Poyser, : 10.


18. Simpson; Day , (2004), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), FIELD GUIDE to the BIRDS of AUSTRALIA; Princeton University Press, 7th Edition: 50.


19. Eduardo DE JUANA , (2004), Report on rare birds in Spain in 2002, Ardeola, 51:2: 515 - 541.


20. Coate KH , (2004), Seabird Islands: No. 248-Booby Island, Kimberley Region, Western Australia., Corella, 28: 110 - 111.


21. Coate KH , (2004), Seabird Islands: No. 248 - Booby Island, Kimberley Region, Western Australia., Corella, 28: 110 - 111.


22. Kawakami K; Fujita M , (2004), Feral cat predation on seabirds on Hahajima, the Bonin Islands, Southern Japan., Ornithological Science, 3: 155 - 158.


23. Dyer, P.K , (2003), Booby nesting on Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Corella, 27: 102 - 105.


24. David Allen Sibley; Rick Cech , (2003), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America; Knopf, : 48.


25. H.Raffaele; J.Wiley; O.Garrido; A.Keith; J.Raffaele , (2003), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), BIRDS of the WEST INDIES; Princeton University Press, : 20.


26. Alvaro Jaramillo, Peter Burke, David Beadle , (2003), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), HELM FIELD GUIDES - BIRDS of CHILE; Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd, : 16.


27. David Allen Sibley; Rick Cech , (2003), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America; Knopf, 1st Edition: 43.


28. Beadell JS;Schreiber EA;Schreiber RW;Schenk GA;Doherty PF;Burger A; , (2003), SURVIVAL OF BROWN BOOBIES (SULA LEUCOGASTER) AT JOHNSTON ATOLL: A LONG-TERM STUDY, The Auk, 120:3: 811 - 817.


29. Dyer PK , (2003), Booby nesting on Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef., Corella, 27: 102 - 105.


30. Jennings MC , (2003), ABBA Survey 31: Bir Ali and Red Sea islands, Yemen., Phoenix, 19: 11 - 20.


31. Johel Chaves-Campos & Juber Torres , (2002), DISTRIBUTION OF NESTS OF THE BROWN BOOBY (SULA LEUCOGASTER) IN RELATION TO THE INCLINATION OF TERRAIN., Ornitología Neotropical, 13.2: 205 - 208.


32. Pitman RL;Ballance LT; , (2002), THE CHANGING STATUS OF MARINE BIRDS BREEDING AT SAN BENEDICTO ISLAND, MEXICO, The Wilson Bulletin, 114:1: 11 - 19.


33. MELLINK, E. , (2002), PSEUDO-EGGS OF BROWN SULA LEUCOGASTER AND BLUE-FOOTED S. NEBOUXII BOOBIES IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, MEXICO, Marine Ornithology, 30:1: 43 - 44.


34. DYER, B.M. & Y. CHESSELET , (2002), FIRST ATLANTIC RECORDS OF THE RED-FOOTED BOOBY SULA SULA AND BROWN BOOBY S. LEUCOGASTER IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, Marine Ornithology, 30:1: 36 - 37.


35. Schreiber EA; Norton RL , (2002), Brown Booby., Birds of North America, 649: 28 pp..


36. Dale A.Zimmerman; Donald A.Turner; David J.Pearson , (2001), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster plotus), BIRDS of KENYA & NORTHERN TANZANIA; Princeton University Press, : 1 / 275.


37. Michael K. Tarburton , (2001), Observations on the status of the land birds, wading birds and seabirds of Samoa, The Emu - Austral Ornithology, 101:4: 349 - 360.


38. MELLINK, E., J. DOMêNGUEZ & J. LUƒVANO. , (2001), DIET OF EASTERN PACIFIC BROWN BOOBIES SULA LEUCOGASTER BREWSTERI ON ISLA SAN JORGE, NORTH-EASTERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA, AND AN APRIL COMPARISON WITH DIETS IN THE MIDDLE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, Marine Ornithology, 29:1: 23 - 28.


39. Dunlop, J. N., C. A. Surman, R. D. Wooller. , (2001), The marine distribution of seabirds from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean., Emu, 101: 19 - 24.


40. RS Kennedy; PC Gozales; EC Dickinson; HC Miranda Jr; TH Fisher , (2000), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE PHILIPPINES; Oxford University Press, USA, : 02.


41. Woo-Shin Lee; Tae-Hoe Koo; Jin-Young Park , (2000), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster plotus), A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF KOREA; LG Evergreen Foundation,Korea, : .


42. Krys Kazmierczak; Ber van Perlo , (2000), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT; Yale University Press, : 36.


43. Nagahisa Kuroda , (2000), Fragmental Notes on Avian Morpho-anatomy, Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 32:1: 31 - 33.


44. Kuroda N , (2000), Fragmental notes on avian morpho-anatomy: 1. gross myological sketches of a Sula leucogaster., Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 32: 31 - 33.


45. Tershy, B. R., D. Breese, D. A. Croll. , (2000), Insurance eggs versus additional eggs: Do Brown Boobies practice obligate siblicide?, Auk, 117: 817 - 820.


46. Rodriguez, M. C., H. Drummond. , (2000), Exploitation of avian nestlings and lizards by insular milksnakes, Lampropeltis triangulum., Journal of Herpetology, 34: 139 - 142.


47. Chris Doughty; Nicolas Day; Andrew Plant , (1999), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), BIRDS OF THE SOLOMONS, VANUATU & NEW CALEDONIA; A&C Black, : 42.


48. Hugh Robertson; Barrie Heather , (1999), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster plotus), THE HAND GUIDE to the BIRDS of NEW ZEALAND; Oxford University Press, USA, : 22.


49. K.Mullarney; L.Svensson; D.Zetterstrom; P.J.Grant , (1999), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), COLLINS BIRD GUIDE - BRITAIN & EUROPE; Collins, : 027.


50. Spennemann, D. H. R. , (1999), Exploitation of bird plumages in the German Mariana Islands., Micronesica, 31: 309 - 318.


51. Hertel, F., L. T. Balance. , (1999), Wing ecomorphology of seabirds from Johnston Atoll., Condor, 101: 549 - 556.


52. Ian Sinclair; Olivier Langrand , (1998), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), BIRDS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; , : 44.


53. Blaber S.J.M.; Milton D.A.; Farmer M.J.; Smith G.C. , (1998), Seabird breeding populations on the far northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia: trends and influences., The Emu - Austral Ornithology, 98:1: 44 - 57.


54. Steadman D.W.; Kirch P.V. , (1998), Biogeography and prehistoric exploitation of birds in the Mussau Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea., The Emu - Austral Ornithology, 98:1: 13 - 22.


55. Ian Sinclair; Phil Hockey; Warwick Tarboton , (1997), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster plotus), BIRDS of SOUTHERN AFRICA; 2nd edition, Princeton University Press, : 54.


56. Pearse, J. N., R. W. Lewthwaite. , (1996), Brown Booby: the first record for Hong Kong., Hong Kong Bird Report, 1995: 112 - 115.


57. Hass, T., B. Patteson. , (1996), An unprecedented wave of Brown Boobies (Sula leucogaster) in North Carolina., Chat, 60: 24 - 26.


58. Steve N.G.Howell; Sophie Webb , (1995), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America; Oxford University Press, USA, : 124.


59. Jim Flegg; N.Longmore , (1994), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), PHOTOGRAPHIC FIELD GUIDE - BIRDS of AUSTRALIA; , : 72.


60. Blaber, S. J. M., D. A. Milton. , (1994), Distribution of seabirds at sea in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia., Australian Journal of Marine Freshwater Research, 45: 445 - 454.


61. Poole, C. , (1994), Layang-Layang---Malaysia's largest seabird colony., Oriental Bird Club Bulletin, 20: 44 - 46.


62. R.G. Powlesland and M.H. Powlesland , (1993), Seabirds found dead on New Zealand beaches in 1991, and a review of Morus and Sula species recoveries, 1943 to 1991, Notornis, 40:4: 233 - 245.


63. Howell, S. N. G., S. J. Engel. , (1993), Seabird observations off western Mexico., Western Birds, 24: 167 - 181.


64. J.M. Hawkins, Willie Cook and Harry Smit , (1992), Brown Booby on Farewell Spit gannet colony, Notornis, 39:2: 111 - 111.


65. R.G. Powlesland, C.R. Pickard and M.H. Powlesland , (1992), Seabirds found dead on New Zealand beaches in 1989, and a review of Pelecanoides urinatrix, Phaethon rubricauda, P. lepturus and Fregata ariel recoveries, 1943 to 1988, Notornis, 39:2: 101 - 111.


66. Walker T.A. , (1992), A record Crested Tern, Sterna bergii, colony and concentrated breeding by seabirds in the Gulf of Carpentaria., The Emu - Austral Ornithology, 92:3: 152 - 156.


67. Burger, J., E. A. E. Schreiber, M. Gochfeld. , (1992), Lead, cadmium, selenium and mercury in seabird feathers from the tropical mid-pacific., Environ. Toxicol. & Chem., 11: 815 - 822.


68. Tershy, B. R., D. Breese, S. Alvarez-borrego. , (1991), Increase in cetacean and seabird numbers in the Canal de Ballenas during an El Niño-Southern Oscillation event., Marine Ecology Progress Series, 69: 299 - 302.


69. Heatwole, H., P. Abbott & M. Jones , (1990), Egg-size and clutch-size of the Brown Booby Sula leucogaster, at Swains Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Corella, 14: 51 - 52.


70. Heatwole, H., P. Abbott, M. Jones. , (1990), Egg-size and clutch-size of the Brown Booby, Sula leucogaster, at Swains Reefs, Great Barrier Reef., Corella, 14: 51 - 52.


71. Tershy, B. R., D. Breese. , (1990), The influence of sexual dimorphism on kleptoparasitism of Blue-footed Boobies by Brown Boobies., Canadian Journal of Zoology, 68: 197 - 199.


72. Varu SN;Bapat NN; , (1989), Brown Booby Sula leucogaster (Boddaert) on the western coast, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 86:3: 443.


73. Kishimoto, H., H. Kohno. , (1989), [The prey of seabirds breeding on Nakanokami-Shima, South Ryukyu, Japan.], Bulletin of Institute of Oceanic Research and Development, Tokai University, 10: 43 - 64.


74. Robin W.Wodds , (1988), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), GUIDE to BIRDS of the FALKLAND ISLANDS; Anthony Nelson; Revised edition, : .


75. Varu SN; , (1987), Brown Booby Sula leucogaster in Kachchh Coast, Newsletter for Birdwatchers, 27:9-10: 15 - 16.


76. Varu SN; , (1987), Brown Booby in Kachchh coast, Blackbuck, 3:3&4: 31.


77. Burbidge, A. W., et al. , (1987), Counts of nesting boobies and Lesser Frigatebirds in Western Australia., Emu, 87: 128 - 129.


78. Thibault, J.-C., I. Guyot. , (1987), Notes on the seabirds of Wallis and Futuna Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean., Bulletin of British Ornithology Club, 107: 63 - 68.


79. Masamichi SAMEJIMA and Jun-ichi OTSUKA , (1986), Observations on the Quadrate of Birds, Japanese Journal of Ornithology, 35.4: 129 - 144.


80. Hiroyoshi Kohno ; Naoya Abe ; Touru Mano , (1986), Chick mortality of the Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata caused by Typhoon-8211 on Nakamokami-shima, South Ryukyu, Japan, Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 18:1: 41 - 50.


81. Hiroyoshi Kohno ; Naoya Abe ; Touru Mano , (1986), The Seabirds of Nakanokami-shima, South Ryukyu, Japan, Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 18:1: 1 - 27.


82. Duffy, D. C. , (1985), Plunging Brown Boobies at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Cormorant, 13: 73 - 74.


83. Craig S. Harrison, Thomas S. Hida, Michael P. Seki , (1984), The diet of the Brown Booby Sula leucogaster and Masked Booby Sula dactylatra on Rose Atoll, Samoa, Ibis, 126:4: 588 - 590.


84. Morris, R. D. , (1984), Breeding chronology and reproductive success of seabirds on Little Tobago, Trinidad, 1975--1976., Colonial Waterbirds, 7: 1 - 9.


85. Lee, D. S., J. C. Haney. , (1984), The genus Sula in the Carolinas: an overview of the phenology and distribution of gannets and boobies in the South Atlantic Bight., Chat, 48: 29 - 45.


86. Chandler, S.Robbins; Bertel Bruun; Herbert S.Zim; , (1983), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), GOLDEN - BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA; Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press, : 34.


87. Naoya Abe, Toru Mano1), Katsumori Kugai ; Akira Yamamoto , (1982), New Breeding Localities of the Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus and its Measurements, Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 14:1: 72 - 76.


88. Gaviño, G., Z. U. Peña. , (1981), Distributión, población y Época de la reproductión de las aves de las Isla Tres Marietas, Jalisco, México. [Distribution, populations and breeding periods of the birds of the Isla Tres Marietas, Jalisco, México.], An. Inst. Biol. Univ. Nal. Auton. Mexico., Ser. Zool., 51: 505 - 524.


89. Naoya Abe ; Touru Mano , (1980), The first breeding record of the Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus in Japan, Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 12:3: 183 - 192.


90. Dodson, J. J., G. J. Fitzgerald. , (1980), Observations on the breeding biology of the boobies (Sulidae) at Clipperton Island, eastern Pacific., Nat. Canadien, 107: 259 - 267.


91. Abbott, I , (1979), The distribution and abundance of Seabirds at sea and on islands near the Mid- and North-Western coasts of Australia, Corella, 3: 93 - 102.


92. Salim Ali; S Dillon Ripley  , (1978), No. 25. Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster plotus) (Forster), Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, Volume 1 (Divers to Hawks ): 34.


93. P. D. Gaze , (1975), Brown Booby in Wellington Harbour, Notornis, 22:3: 253 - 255.


94. WARREN M. PULICH, SR., WARREN M. PULICH, JR. , (1973), First Brown Booby Specimen from Texas, The Auk, 90:3: 683 - 684.


95. Tetsuo Takara , (1970), Seabird colonies of the Nakanogami Island, Ryukyus, Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 6:1-2: 188 - 194.


96. A. T. Edgar , (1969), Brown Booby in Bay of Islands, Notornis, 16:1: 60 - 61.


97. R. J. Pierce , (1969), Brown Booby on South Canterbury coast, Notornis, 16:2: 125 - 125.


98. Yujiro Saotome , (1968), Brown Boobies observed near Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Is.), Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 5:4: 414 - 419.


99. Eric L. Mills , (1967), BIRD RECORDS FROM SOUTHWESTERN ECUADOR, Ibis, 109:4: 534 - 538.


100. Norris A.Y. , (1967), Seabird observations from the south-west Pacific in the southern winter., The Emu - Austral Ornithology, 67:1: 33 - 55.



Book Excerpts



998.  Sula fiber, Linnaeus.

Pelecanus apud Linnaeus-Blyth, Cat. 1738-Gould, Birds of Australia, VII, pl. 78-P. sula LINN.

The Booby.

Descr.-Above dark-brown, darkest on the back, quills and tail; lower parts white.

Length 26 to 29 inches; wing 16 ¼; tail 7 ½; bill at front 4 ; tarsus 1 7/8; middle toe 3  ¼. The young has the lower parts also brown.  This species occurs in the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean, and I received a specimen from the Malabar Coast. Mr. Blyth informed me that one captured on board a Cape Steamer disgorged a quantity of flying-fish; he believes that it occurs chiefly where those fishes abound, and that it does not plunge into the water for its food like S, bassana. It is known to breed on Ascension Island, which is hence called by some of our sailors Booby Fair.

S, parva, Gmel., is given by Bonaparte as another species of restricted Dysporus. The next bird is the type of Piscatrix of Reichenbach.




1451. Sula australis. Steph,

 

Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 104; Hume, Str. F. v. p. 318. Pelecanus sula, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. p. 218. Sula fusca (Linn.), apud Jerd., B. Ind. iii. p. 851. Dysporus sula, David et Oust. Ois Chine, p. 530; Oates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 229. -

The Brown Booby.
 

Breast, abdomen, sides of the body, vent and under tail coverts white; sides of the under tail coverts, also under wing coverts, marked with brown on the edges of the feathers ; remaining plumage umber brown; the feathers of the back, scapulars, and rump edged with whity brown; quills and tail dark umber brown; irides white; bill creamy white, with a bluish tinge in veins; pouch, gape, lores and orbital space pale hoary greenish yellow; legs and feet pale yellow. (Hume.)

Length. - About 30 inches; tail 8; wing 16.5 ; tarsus 1.9 ; bill from gape 4.5.

Hab. - The Bay of Bengal and the Tenasserim Coast.





1530. Sula leucogaster.

 

The Booby or Brown Gannet.

Pelecanus sula, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 218 (1766). Pelecanus leucogaster, Bodd. Tabl. Pl. Enl, p. 57 (1783). Sula fiber, apud Blyth, Cat. p. 296; Jerdon, B. I. iii, p. 851 ; Hume, S. F. ii, pp. 51,324; iv, p. 483. Sula australis, Steph. apud Hume, S. F. v, p. 318; Hume & Dav. S. F. vi, p. 493: Hume, Cat. no. 998. Sula leucogastra, Sclat. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 651; Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 1177. Dysporus sula, Oates, B. B. ii, p. 229.

Coloration. In adults the head, neck, and upper breast, with the whole upper surface, dark chocolate-brown: wing and tail-feathers bluish brown; lower breast and belly white; wing-lining almost wholly brown.

Young birds have the upper parts, wings, tail, head, and neck all round down to the middle of the breast uniform sepia-brown, lower breast and abdomen pale brownish, the limits of the two colours well defined.

Bill creamy white, with a bluish tinge in veins; pouch, gape, lores, and orbital spaces pale hoary greenish yellow ; irides white; legs and feet pale yellow (Hume). Tail-feathers 14.

Length 32; tail 8; wing 15; tarsus 1.7; bill from gape 4.7.

Distribution. Tropical seas throughout the world. The Booby has frequently been seen and occasionally shot on the coasts of India, Ceylon, and Burma-.





273. Sula leucogaster.

 

The Booby.

Male 26" to 32". Legs pale yellow. Bill from gape 4.7", white, veined blue. Head, neck, and chest dark brown. Under parts white. Tail-feathers fourteen.— Young all brown. Tropical and subtropical seas, except Pacific coast of America. (J. 998. B. 1530.)

Also S. brewsteri. Similar to S. leucogaster, but head and throat are white, shading into grey on neck. Pacific coast of America.

Plumage above, including head and neck, mostly white.





(2184) Sula leucogaster plotus.

 

The Brown Gannet.

Pelecanus plotus Forster, Descript. An., p. 278 (1844) (New Caledonia). Sula leucogaster. Blanf. & Oates. iv. p. 346.

Vernacular names. None recorded.

Description. Whole head and neck, upper plumage, wings and tail chocolate-brown; median under wing-coverts white, others brown ; lower plumage and axillaries pure white.

Colours of soft parts. Iris silver-grey; bill and orbital skin yellow; legs and feet pale yellow. Tail-feathers sixteen to eighteen.

Measurements. Wing 386 to 414 mm.; tail 188 to 197 mm.; tarsus about 45 to 50 mm.; culmen 93 to 101 mm.

Young birds have the upper parts, head and neck much paler brown; the white on the lower parts is replaced by pale smoky-brown, most of the feathers white-edged.

Nestling in down pure white.

Distribution. North-East and North-West Australia through the Austro-Malayan islands to Malacca, once to the Laccadives.

Nidification. Macgillivray found this Booby breeding on an island off New Holland and describes the nests as ill-made heaps of herbage with hardly any cavity and, generally, containing two eggs. On the Great Barrier reefs other colonies were observed. Many birds bred in immature plumage, as do all the Gannets.

This species is said not to attempt to defend young or eggs when molested but to move off quickly with merely a protesting croak or two.

The few eggs I have seen of this subspecies are very much like those of Cormorants in texture etc. but broader in proportion; the real colour is a pale blue but this is overlaid with a thick covering of calcium, white when fresh but soon discoloured and dirty. Seven eggs average 59.7 X 40.4 mm.: maxima 64.0 x 40.1 and 60.0 x 42.3 mm.; minima 56.0 x 41.7 and 59.3 x 26.6 mm.

Habits. The Booby frequents small islands and rocky sea-coasts in large colonies, living on fish, cuttlefish etc The fish it usually takes by diving when swimming but sometimes by diving into the sea from some height as it flies along. Its flight is very strong and consists of alternate flappings and sailings with stiff outspread wings. In many places it is said to be extremely fearless, having to be forced off its eggs or young, whilst on Darnly Island it is said to be commonly lamed, the birds fishing for their own food and then returning to the huts of their respective native owners. Its call is a loud, harsh croak. Its occurrence in India is casual only but it has been obtained in Ceylon and has been frequently seen off the coasts of Eastern India and Burma.





Sula leucogaster Boddaert.

 

(Pelecanus leucogaster Boddaert, Tabl. Pl. Enlum., p. 57, 1783: Cayenne, S. America.)





Sula leucogaster plotus Forster.

 

Pelecanus plotus Porster, Descr. Anim. (ed. Licht.), p. 278, 1844: Near New Caledonia.

Sula leucogaster rogersi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec, vol. i, p. 189, 1913 : Bedout Is., North-West Australia.





P. 285.

 

(2184) Sula leucogaster plotus.

 

Distribution. Add: Several times recorded in Ceylon.





Museum Collections


No Data Avialbale for Sula leucogaster

Sound/Call


1 calls found for Sula leucogaster



Remarks: adult on nest
Call Type: call (no score)

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Anonymous. 2013 Sula leucogaster - Boddaert, 1783 (Brown Booby ) in Deomurari, A.N. (Compiler), 2010. AVIS-IBIS (Avian Information System - Indian BioDiversity Information System) v. 1.0. Foundation For Ecological Security, India retrieved on 05/19/2013
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