Abbott's Booby vs Peruvian Booby

Papasula abbotti verglichen mit Sula variegata

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Merkmal Abbott's Booby Peruvian Booby
Wissenschaftlicher Name Papasula abbotti Sula variegata
Ordnung Suliformes Suliformes
Familie Sulidae Sulidae
Erhaltungsstatus Endangered Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 88,5 cm (34.8 in) 74,1 cm (29.2 in)
Gewicht 1540,0 g (54.32 oz) 1406,25 g (49.60 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 1-4
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Habitat Comparison

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Erhaltungsstatus

Endangered

Abbott's Booby

Least Concern

Peruvian 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.

Peruvian Booby

74 cm. Dark brown above; white below; blue-grey bill and feet. Breeds on Humboldt Current islands of Peru and Chile; highly abundant. Feeds on anchovy in the Benguela-like upwelling; one of the most productive seabird fisheries. Population crashes severely during El Niño.

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