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Field Notes

Description:

A booby of some kind. It has blue feet but head and neck feathers appear to be darker than the blue footed booby.

Habitat:

It was handed into my friend who runs an animal shelter on a small island in Indonesia.

Notes:

Once it is healthy it will be released. She knows it is a booby but not which kind. I would like to help her identify it and to know if it is normal for it to be in this area.

Species ID Suggestions

Brown booby

Sula leucogaster

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Francis Floe
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Comments (1)
Francis Floe
That is most likely a brown booby as their distribution range is also in Indonesia and they're the most widespread species. Unlike a blue-footed booby, it is found in the eastern pacific. The coloration of its bare parts can be yellow or bluish because they can vary geographically, but not seasonally.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2021

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