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Bird name: Brown Booby
Latin: Sula leucogaster
Other: Atobá-pardo (Br) • Alcatraz pardo (Es)
Family: Sulidae • Boobies

A few shots of Brown Boobies near the beach in Floraniopolis. They flew in from the ocean in the evening and started diving into the water in the bay pulling out fish. Soon Magnificent Frigatebirds appeared. The latter put an end to their fun, stealing the fish from their beaks and harassing them so that the Brown Boobies left.More photos...

031 Sulidae - Gannets, Boobies - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Morus bassanus - Northern Gannet - N Atlantic Ocean
Morus capensis - Cape Gannet - S coasts
Morus serrator - Australasian Gannet - Australia, New Zealand

Papasula abbotti - Abbott's Booby - NE Indian Ocean

Sula nebouxii - Blue-footed Booby - EC Pacific Ocean
Sula variegata - Peruvian Booby - W coast
Sula dactylatra - Masked Booby - Widespread Tropical Ocean
Sula granti - Nazca Booby - EC Pacific Ocean
Sula sula - Red-footed Booby - Widespread Tropical Ocean
Sula leucogaster - Brown Booby - Widespread Tropical Ocean