ABBOTT'S BOOBY

Photographed on Christmas Island, December 2016.

951            ABBOTT'S BOOBY           Papasula abbotti

AUSTRALIA (Christmas Island)               680

c. 80 cm. Breeds Christmas Island and maybe elsewhere in region, dispersing into nearby seas and n to Java. World population eat. at c. 7000 only; endangered.

RED-FOOTED BOOBY

Photographed on Cocos Islands, December 2016

946                 RED-FOOTED BOOBY                  Sula sula

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)            675

In Australian Region breeds on Raine Island, cays in sw Coral Seaand on Gt Barrier Reef s to Capricorn Group; also Ashmore Reef, Christmas Island; stragglers to coastal waters of se Q. -ne NSW, especially after cyclones. 66-80 cm; span c. 1.4 m.

BROWN BOOBY

Photographed from Tanah Lot, Bali October 2016

(see   628)                   BROWN BOOBY                  Sula leucogaster

INDONESIA (Bali)         (27)        

Although a pelagic bird it does fly close to the coast. 72 cm. Worldwide in tropical oceans: resident in the Flores Sea, Banda Sea, Maacca Strait and possibly elsewhere; widespread and fairly common. 

Photographed off the coast of Bali, November 2016

MASKED BOOBY

Photographed from Norfolk Island January 2016

 749               MASKED BOOBY             Sula dactylatra

Australia             (592)

74-86 cm, wingspan c. 1.7 cm. Range: breeds Bedout and Adele Is. (WA); Pandora Cay and Raine I. (ne Q); Swain and Wreck Reefs (ce Q); also many stations in sw Coral Sea; Norfolk and Lord Howe Is. Fairly common in oceanic waters of main range, usually well offshore; uncommon coastal. 

Photographs taken on Norfolk Island, January 2016 showing young at various stages and an adult flying.

BROWN BOOBY

Photographed at Cygnet Bat Pearl, trip to Waterfall Reef, Western Australia, June 2015

628             BROWN BOOBY                Sula leucogaster

Australia          (471)

65-76 cm, span 1.4 cm. breeds all year round but with autumn and spring peaks. Common in nw WA, breeds from Ashmore Reef (n. Indian Ocean) s. to Bedout I.; in Q, from Raine I., off ne Cape York Pen. to Bunker Group, s. Gt Barrier Reef. Common offshore s. to Moreton Bay (Q) and dampier Arch. (WA); uncommon on NSW coast.