- bird
family Sulidae comprises the
gannets and boobies.
Collectively called sulids, they are medium-large
coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar...
-
using their wings or feet for propulsion,
while aerial predators such as
sulids,
kingfishers and
terns plunge dive
after their prey. Flamingos,
three species...
-
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...
- Abbott's
booby (Papasula abbotti) is an
endangered seabird of the
sulid family,
which includes gannets and boobies. It is a
large booby and is placed...
- 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...
-
remaining boobies in Sula. However, some
authorities believe that all nine
sulid species should be
considered congeneric, in Sula. At one time, the various...
-
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...
-
Australasia Seabirds: a
large and
cosmopolitan group of petrels, albatrosses,
sulids, gulls,
terns and cormorants, many of
which either breed on
islands within...
-
Rhamphastosula ("toucan booby") is an
extinct genus of
sulid bird
known from
fossils discovered in
early Pliocene rocks of Peru. The type and only named...
