Masked booby Sula dactylatra
Identification Tips:
Length: 27? inches Wingspan: 68? inches
Sexes similar
Pelagic bird only coming ashore to breed
Large bird that dives for fish from air
Takes 2 to 3 years to reach adult plumage ...
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
Image by Chan Robbins, U.S. Geological Survey ...
Diet The masked booby plunges head first into the ocean to catch flying fish and squid. It can dive from distances of over 90 feet.
Masked Booby - profile
Scientific name: Sula dactylatra
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Description ...
Blue-faced Booby, Indian Ocean Masked Booby (melanops), White Booby, Masked Gannet
Bird Family :
Sulidae - Boobies ...
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra. Rare during all seasons. Pelagic. Found in the Gulf and along outer coast.
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster. Occasional during spring, summer, and fall. Found in the Gulf and along outer coast.
Masked Booby, Sula dactylatra
Blue-footed Booby, Sula nebouxii (C)
Brown Booby, Sula leucogaster
Red-footed Booby, Sula sula (C)
Northern Gannet, Morus bassanus ...
The masked booby is distinguishable by the black colour around it's eyes. The masked booby has an enormous range that stretches from the Caribbean islands right across to Australia.
You can also see Masked Booby and Brown Boody on the island. I did not see the Masked Booby as it was nesting on Eastern Island and we were not allowed to walk in that direction.
Sula dactylatra - Masked Booby (photo)
Sula sula - Red-footed Booby
Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax carbo - Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax aristotelis - European Shag
Phalacrocorax pelagicus - Pelagic Cormorant ...
Masked Booby
Magnificent Frigatebird
Bridled Tern
Sooty Tern
The Storm-Petrels are most common from May through August and become scarce by September. Cory's Shearwater is more common in August and September.
Sulidae
Morus serrator. Takapu. Australasian gannet
Sula dactylatra. Masked booby
Anseriformes (ducks., geese, swans) ...
Birds: Focus On—Articles on the identification and distribution of closely related species of birds
Birds: Wrenderings—An archive of newsletters covering the San Diego County Bird Atlas project.
Masked Booby at La Jolla ...
Abbott's booby (Papasula abbotti)
Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Masked booby (Sula dactylatra)
Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
Bank cormorant (Phalacrocorax neglectus) ...
Sula dactylatra, Masked Booby
Sula leucogaster, Brown Booby
Synanceia verrucosa, Reef Stonefish
Synanceia horrida, Estuarine Stonefish
Synodus variegatus, Variegated Lizardfish
Synodus binotatus, Twospot Lizardfish ...
 See also: Booby, Brown Booby, Petrel, Sandpiper, Purple
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