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Brown BoobySize: 65-75 cm (male), 70-80 cm (female); wing span 1.2 - 1.4 m (male), 1.3-1.5 m (female) Weight: up to 1.0 kg (male), up to 1.3 kg (female |
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See Brown
Booby at Wikipedia |
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Race "plotus"
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ADULT |
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MALE |
Frontal view of two male Brown Boobies on their roost; note the bluish
facial masks (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2006]
Lateral view of a male Brown Booby
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Darwin, NT, January 2016]
Lateral view of a male Brown Booby
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Darwin, NT, January 2016]
Lateral view of a pair of Brown Boobies, with the male on the
right and the female on the left (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]
Lateral view onto the upperparts of a male Brown Booby in flight
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cape Melville, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]
Male Brown Booby in flight seen from underneath (photo courtesy of
A. Ross-Taylor)
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FEMALE |
Lateral view of a female Brown Booby (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]
Dorsal view of a female Brown Booby (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]
Near-frontal view of a female Brown Booby in flight; note the
absence of a bluish facial mask (photo courtesy of H. Mouritsen)
[One Tree Island, Capricornia Cays NP, QLD, January 2011]
Female Brown Booby trying to catch a fish (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lady Musgrave Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, September 2017]
Frontal view of a female Brown Booby in captivity (photo courtesy of C. Hayne)
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Near-frontal view of an immature Brown Booby
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Darwin, NT, January 2016]
Lateral view of an immature Brown Booby in flight, with a
clear view of the underwing pattern (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Darwin, NT, January 2016]