Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Blue foot boobies


Blue foot boobies
Originally uploaded by _ Alain Derksen _

Blue-footed booby scientifically known as Sula nebouxii. It is a bird from the Sulidai family. Its name comes from the Spanish word "bobo" which means stupid bird. It is easy to tame.
This is a marine bird, mainly lives in the water, and only looks for land when it is breeding time. They land in the rocks.
This gorgeos bird lives along the Pacific Ocean, but is mostly and almost uniquely found in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador.
The blue-footed booby is not bigger than 32 inches. Curiously, the female is bigger in size than the male. Its eyes are yellow, and feet are of a bright blue color.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

nice bird very interesting blog
saludos desde Italia