Brown booby
The brown booby is a large and common booby in the family Sulidae. The brown booby eats fish and nests only on the ground.
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| A mother brown booby feeding its kid. | |
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| Species: | Sula leucogaster
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| Sula leucogaster | |
Appearance
Brown boobys live in most oceans and have yellow or green legs. The brown booby has wings that can grow to about 4 feet. They are normally and are 2.5 feet tall. They have a giant white stomach and a swan shaped head.