Brown Booby
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Nazca Booby - Isla de la Plata, Ecuador.
Nazca booby in flight from above - Espanola, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
Most of the Red-footed Boobies on the Galapagos are of the brown morph--but they still come with that oddly beautiful blue-and-pink facial skin. (Photo by participant Johnny Powell)
The Blue-footed Booby is one of the birds which people closely associate with the Galapagos. It is found throughout the archipelago, and it is common. Not only that, it is very tame (but then what isn't on these islands!), and we often see the boobies' peculiar mating dance where they raise and lower their electric-blue feet. A little trivia here: the males and females can be differentiated by the size of their pupils! (Photo by participant Johnny Powell)
Blue-footed Booby shaking its wings - Floreana, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
Blue-footed Booby looking out on a rock - Floreana, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
Brown Booby
Brown Booby
Brown Booby
See photo in original gallery.