Brown booby vs Peruvian booby
The peruvian booby is heavier: 1.43 kg against 1.29 kg for the brown booby, about 11% more.
Photo: Danilo da Castro · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marie de Carne · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
What is the difference between a brown booby and a peruvian booby?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The peruvian booby is heavier: 1.43 kg against 1.29 kg for the brown booby, about 11% more.
- Both belong to the genus Sula, so they are close relatives.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Side by side
| Brown booby | Peruvian booby | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Sula leucogaster | Sula variegata |
| Family | Sulidae | Sulidae |
| Order | Suliformes | Suliformes |
| Weight | 1.19 kg – 1.34 kg | 1.33 kg – 1.47 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 25.4 years | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | marine | marine |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | 1 | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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