Blue footed booby

Educational unit "TECNICO SALESIANO"

Michelle Fuentes M.

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Blue footed booby

Characteristics

They have a whitish head and neck with fine dark brown lines; his eyes have pale yellow irises; dull blue to greenish-gray bill and skin; deep blue webbed feet.

The characteristic color of its legs combines perfectly with the turquoise waters of the Galapagos Islands, a place that is home to around 50% of the population of this species.

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Blue-footed boobies are excellent hunters, spotting their prey as they fly and to capture it by diving headfirst into the ocean from a height of up to 30 meters.

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Habitat

Blue-footed boobies are with out a doubt one of the most striking species in the Galapagos Islands.

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The blue-footed booby is native to the tropical regions of the Pacific Ocean and is part of the six species of booby. There are about six thousand blue-footed boobies in the Galapagos, which generally nest on the rocky shores and cliffs of the islands.

Feeding

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Food: carnivorous, based on fish such as: sardines, anchovies, mackerel and squid.

Causes for its extinction

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One difficulty that the booby faces is the arrival, every two or seven years, of the El Niño phenomenon, which causes the waters to heat up and other climatic changes such as floods and strong droughts to occur. The presence of warm waters with out the nutrients that come from Antarctic waters decreases the bird population.