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Boobies & Gannets [Family: Sulidae]
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Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra personata)
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Masked Booby masked_booby_45575.psd

Photo of female Indo-Pacific Masked Booby (note greenish tinge to bill).

ID: 45575
Photographer: © Ian Montgomery
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Location: East Diamond Islet Coral Sea Australia
Date & Time: 13/12/06 5:26:11 PM

Original size (pixels): width 2700, height 1965

Aperture: f29.0
Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec
Focal Length: 400.0 mm

Races vary in size and colour of iris, bill, legs and feet. Indo-Pacific race has orange-yellow iris and dark khaki legs and feet; Tasman race (breeds Lord Howe, Norfolk and Kermadec Is) is similar to Indo-Pacific race but has unique dark brown iris; nominate race (Carribean and Western Atlantic) is smaller with yellowish legs and feet.

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Gallery revised on Friday, 18 January 2019