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Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783)

212597  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212597)

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Description Length: 64-74 cm. Colour: adult sooty-brown above, on head, neck and breast; belly and undertail coverts white; underwing...  
Description Length: 64-74 cm. Colour: adult sooty-brown above, on head, neck and breast; belly and undertail coverts white; underwing white except for dark brown leading and trailing edges and tip; bill yellow to greenish grey with pink or blue tip; facial skin yellow to greenish; legs and feet yellow to greenish; immature like adult but with brown wash on underparts; bill and face grey. Habitat: shallow waters around oceanic islands. (<313><316><318>) [details]

Distribution circum-(sub)tropical  
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
WoRMS (2024). Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212597 on 2024-11-22
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1998-07-11 06:36:40Z
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Depew, Lorna
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z
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context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong Offshore Wind Farm in SoutheasternWaters. EIA report. [details] 

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details] 

context source (Bermuda) Wingate, D. B. (1973). A Checklist and Guide to the Birds of Bermuda. David B. Wingate, Hamilton, Bermuda. [details] 

basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Length: 64-74 cm. Colour: adult sooty-brown above, on head, neck and breast; belly and undertail coverts white; underwing white except for dark brown leading and trailing edges and tip; bill yellow to greenish grey with pink or blue tip; facial skin yellow to greenish; legs and feet yellow to greenish; immature like adult but with brown wash on underparts; bill and face grey. Habitat: shallow waters around oceanic islands. (<313><316><318>) [details]

Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
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Dutch bruine Gent  [details]
English brown booby  [details]
French fou brun  [details]
German Weißbauchtölpel  [details]
Hebrew סולה לבנת-בטן  [details]
Japanese カツオドリ  [details]
Lithuanian baltapilvis padūkėlis  [details]
Polish głuptak białobrzuchy  [details]
Russian бурая олуша  [details]
Slovenian rjavi strmoglavec  [details]
Spanish piquero pardo  [details]
Turkish kahverengi sümsük kuşu  [details]
Ukrainian Олуша бураБура олуша  [details]
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