Abbott's Booby vs Cocos Booby

Papasula abbotti comparado com Sula brewsteri

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Abbott's Booby Cocos Booby
Nome científico Papasula abbotti Sula brewsteri
Ordem Suliformes Suliformes
Família Sulidae Sulidae
Estado de conservação Endangered Not Evaluated
Comprimento
Envergadura 88,5 cm (34.8 in)
Peso 1540,0 g (54.32 oz) 1285,4250000000002 g (45.34 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 1 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Nenhum

Abbott's Booby only

Nenhum

Cocos Booby only

Estado de conservação

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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