Nazca Booby - 涌泉 G
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東京〜父島フェリー--聟島の西 (Tokyo~Chichijima Ferry--W of Mukojima)
Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan
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Map Coordinates: 27.65615, 141.83896
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Observation details

2024-5-5 08:53 on the ogasawara maru ferry, nearby muko jima. Obviously orange bill, vs masked boody’s yellow bill; and the central uppertail feathers are almost all white, vs masked boody’s all black uppertail feather tips. It joined the team of Brown Boobies midway, flying around the ferry and watching the waves with its brown teammates for nearly 20 minutes. Another 3 Japanese birders have also seen this bird with me, but we didn’t consider the possibility of a nazca boody at that time. Three weeks later, when re-examineing the photos, I noticed the color of this bird’s bill was really weird, not matching the bright yellow of the blue-faced boobies. Finally, I found that the main features all point to nazca boody.

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