- bird
family Sulidae comprises the
gannets and boobies.
Collectively called sulids, they are medium-large
coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar...
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using their wings or feet for propulsion,
while aerial predators such as
sulids,
kingfishers and
terns plunge dive
after their prey. Flamingos,
three species...
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remaining boobies in Sula. However, some
authorities believe that all nine
sulid species should be
considered congeneric, in Sula. At one time, the various...
- As the
Early Oligocene "Sula"
ronzoni cannot be ****igned to any of the
sulid families—cormorants and shags, darters, and
gannets and boobies—with certainty...
- 6 ft), and they can
weigh up to 1,000 g (2.2 lb).
Unlike other species of
sulid, the
juvenile plumage already resembles that of the adult. They are grey-brown...
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booby is one of six
species of
booby in the
genus Sula. It has a
typical sulid body shape, with a long
pointed yellowish bill, long neck,
aerodynamic body...
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recognised as
distinct genetically and
behaviorally in 2002. It has a
typical sulid body shape, with a long
pointed orange-yellow bill, long neck, aerodynamic...
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webbed feet. This
early definition included frigatebirds, cormorants, and
sulids, as well as pelicans. The
family Pelecanidae was
introduced (as Pelicanea)...
- are
wanting on the ground.
Frigatebirds were
grouped with cormorants, and
sulids (gannets and boobies) as well as
pelicans in the
genus Pelec**** by Linnaeus...
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using their wings or feet for propulsion,
while aerial predators such as
sulids,
kingfishers and
terns plunge dive
after their prey. Flamingos,
three species...
