Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) Science Article 12 abstract The Red-footed Booby Sula sula and the Brown Booby S. leucogaster occur in most tropical seas (Harrison 1983). Both species have been recorded previously in the southern Africanregion (Maclean 1993, Hockey et al. 1992, 1996). Three additional records are reported here for the Red-footed Booby and one […]
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Nazca booby sula granti and brewster’s brown boobysula leucogaster brewsteri in the hawaiian islandsand johnston and palmyra atolls
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) Science Article 3 abstract Nazca Booby (Sula granti) and Brewster’s Brown Booby (S. leucogaster brewsteri) are tropical sulids that normally occur only in the easternPacific Ocean. In this paper, we report on recent observations of Nazca Booby and Brewster’s Brown Booby in the Hawaiian Islands, includingthe first apparent nesting records, and […]
Abundance and behavior of the sally lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus)in the colony of the brown booby (Sula leucogaster)in the Sao Pedro and Sao Paulo Archipelago
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) Science Article 9 abstract For nine days, the number of sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) in a 300 m
Occurrence of Contracaecum pelagicum Johnston & Mawson 1942 (Nematoda,Anisakidae) in Sula leucogaster Boddaert 1783 (Pelecaniformes, Sulidae)
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) Science Article 7 abstract Brazilian wildlife birds constitute a group in which the parasite-host relationship still needs to be investigated. Several studies about the identification of new parasites or about the description of new hosts have been published. The present study describes the occurrence of Contracaecum pelagicum Johnston & Mawson 1942 […]
Obstruction and starvation associated with plastic ingestion in a Northern Gannet Morus bassanus and a Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Science Article 1 abstract Plastic ingestion by seabirds is well documented (see Laist 1997for a list of species with ingestion records). However, casesdefinitively attributing seabird mortality to ingestion of plastic arerare. Seabirds that die from ingestion often suffer obstruction of thegastrointestinal tract. Ultimately, the birds die of starvation andoften quickly sink […]
POSSIBLE HYBRIDIZATION BETWEEN THE PERUVIAN BOOBYSULA VARIEGATA AND THE BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY S. NEBOUXIIIN LOBOS DE AFUERA ISLANDS, PERU
Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) Science Article 3 abstract Many hypotheses have been formulated to explain the causes of the relatively uncommon phenomenon of siblicidal aggression. All have been supported by evidence, however, no single hypothesis can fully explain the cause of avian siblicidal aggression Melissa Schramm ET AL., Avian Siblicidal Aggression Download article download full […]
EFFECTS OF THE 1982-83 EL NINO EVENT ON BLUE-FOOTED AND MASKED BOOBY POPULATIONS ON ISLA DAPHNE MAJOR, GALAPAGOS
Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) Science Article 6 abstract El Nino events have negative effects on seabird populations in the equatorial Pacific, including the Galapagos Islands, by causing reductions in food supplies. H. LISLE GIBBS et al., The Condor 89:440-442 Download article download full text (pdf)
First South Carolina Specimens of theMasked Booby (Sula dactylatra)
Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) Science Article 1 abstract The Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) is a pelagic warm-water species rarely seen near shore (Clapp et al. 1982). On the North American Atlantic coast, seabirds such as boobies are most often found in productive feeding areas far from land. William Post, The Chat, Vol. 68, No. 1 […]
Breeding biology of Masked Boobies (Sula dactylatra tasmani) on Lord Howe Island, Australia
Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) Science Article 2 abstract The breeding biology and reproductive output of a colony of Masked Boobies on Mutton Bird Point, Lord Howe Island, Australia, were studied during the 2001 02 breeding season. The colony produced a total of 200 clutches. Eggs were laid between 31 May and 15 September 2001, with […]
First Report on Masked Boobies Nesting at Isla Lobos de Tierra, Northern Peru
Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) Science Article 5 abstract Masked Boobies (Siila dar.tylatra) inhabit the tropical oceans and breed on hundreds of islands from 30N to 30S (Anderson 1993). Jahncke, J. and E. Goya, Colonial Waterbirds 20:545-546 Download article download full text (pdf)