Brown Booby · 10-04-2023 · Solomons eilanden · Marc Guyt

Rubén Barone  ·  25 november 2024  12:26

Hi.

Excellent picture, congratulations!

In the book Oceanic Birds of the World. A Photo Guide, S. N. G. Howell and K. Zufelt (2019) consider Sula leucogaster as a species complex, separating brewsteri and plotus as different taxa from nominate leucogaster to specific level. 

Best regards from the Canary Islands. 

Marc Guyt  ·  27 november 2024  18:03

Txs Ruben.

Yes, Steve Howell calls it the Indo-Pacific Brown Booby.

Blue-faced (Brown) Booby would be what I would name it. The adult males showing this beautiful colored blue around the bill.

Rubén Barone  ·  27 november 2024  18:51

Hi again.

Thanks for the response, Marc. It is nice to see this feature of the blue mark around the bill of that form or (sub)species well in your photo. 

Best regards from the Canaries. 

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