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Red-footed booby (Sula sula)

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Red-footed booby (Sula sula)

English, Dutch and scientific names.
Species/Soort Family/Familie Order/Orde Class/Klasse Phylum/Stam Kingdom/Rijk
Red-footed booby Gannets, boobies Fregatebirds, gannets and cormorants Birds Chordate Animals
Roodpootgent Genten Fregatvogels, genten, aalscholvers en slangehalsvogels Vogels Gewervelden Dieren
Sula sula Sulidae Suliformes Aves Chordata Animalia

Genovesa Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

2015:05:03 08:41:43
Red-footed booby (Sula sula)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1600 sec at F4.5, ISO 250, distance 7.94 m

Red-footed boobies can be white or brown. The brown birds seem a bit more common. Here a mixed couple resting in a tree. Red-footed boobies fish far ashore, preferably during moonlit nights.

Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

2015:05:03 15:02:27
Red-footed booby (Sula sula)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1600 sec at F3.2, ISO 500, distance 11.89 m

2015:05:03 08:22:47
Red-footed booby (Sula sula)

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