Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) Science Article 10 abstract Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) and Brown Booby (S. leucogaster) are pantropical seabirds. These species are socially monogamous. Thus, males and females have a high investment in parental care. In this work, field observations and DNA fingerprinting were applied to investigate the breeding system of both species. Two […]
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Molecular Phylogeny of Babesia poelea From Brown Boobies (Sula leucogaster) FromJohnston Atoll, Central Pacific
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) Science Article 2 abstract The phylogenetic relationship of avian Babesia with other piroplasms remains unclear, mainly because of a lack of objective criteria such as molecular phylogenetics. In this study, our objective was to sequence the entire 18S, ITS-1, 5.8S, and ITS-2 regions of the rRNA gene and partial B-tubulin gene […]
A Comparison of Foraging Techniques of Brown Pelicans and BrownBoobies in Sandy Ground Lagoon, Jost Van Dyke, B.V.I.
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) Science Article 8 abstract NBrown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis)
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 […]
Red-billed Tropicbird on Long Island, New York
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) Science Article 2 abstract The Red-billed Tropicbird(Phaethon aethereus) is a pan-tropical species and one of its subspecies, mesonauta,breeds in eastern North America as far north as the Virgin Islands JOHN L. BULL, Auk, Vol. 81 Download article download full text (pdf)
THE RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD PHaeTHON RUBRICAUDA IN HAWAII,WITH NOTES ON INTERSPECIFIC BEHAVIOR OF TROPICBIRDS
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) Science Article 1 abstract Two of the world’s three tropicbird species (Fig. 1) are regular breeders in the Hawaiian Islands. The Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda is more common in the NorthwesternHawaiian Islands; the White-tailed Tropicbird P. lepturus is more common in the main Hawaiian Islands ERIC A. VANDERWERF and LINDSAY C. […]
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)