Abbott's Booby vs Cocos Booby

Papasula abbotti مقارنةً بـ Sula brewsteri

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Abbott's Booby Cocos Booby
الاسم العلمي Papasula abbotti Sula brewsteri
الرتبة Suliformes Suliformes
الفصيلة Sulidae Sulidae
حالة الحفاظ Endangered Not Evaluated
الطول
طول الجناح 88,5 cm (34.8 in)
الوزن 1540,0 g (54.32 oz) 1285,4250000000002 g (45.34 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Abbott's Booby only

بلا

Cocos Booby only

حالة الحفاظ

Endangered

Abbott's Booby

Not Evaluated

Cocos Booby

About These Birds

Abbott's Booby

79 cm. Largely white with black flight feathers and tail; pink bill; blue facial skin. Only booby nesting in trees. Breeds Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Endangered; fewer than 6,000 pairs; threatened by phosphate mining and introduced yellow crazy ants. Ranges Indian and Pacific oceans.

Cocos Booby

76–84 cm. Brown and white booby restricted to Cocos Island and nearby east Pacific islands; sometimes treated as subspecies of Brown Booby. Plunge-dives for fish in productive eastern Pacific waters. Near Threatened; small breeding range; feeds on flying fish and anchovy.

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