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Sula leucogaster (brown booby)

Osteichthyes - Suliformes - Sulidae

Taxonomy
Pelecanus leucogaster was named by Boddaert (1783). It is extant.

It was recombined as Sula leucogastra by Wetmore (1918); it was recombined as Sula leucogaster by Wetmore (1937), Brodkorb (1974), Olson (1975), Olson and Hilgartner (1982), Steadman and Pahlavan (1992), Worthy et al. (2015), Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. dacylatra, S. hutchisoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1783Pelecanus leucogaster Boddaert
1918Sula leucogastra Wetmore p. 514
1937Sula leucogaster Wetmore p. 6
1974Sula leucogaster Brodkorb p. 239
1975Sula leucogaster Olson p. 24
1982Sula leucogaster Olson and Hilgartner p. 25
1992Sula leucogaster Steadman and Pahlavan p. 460
2015Sula leucogaster Worthy et al. p. 233
2017Sula leucogaster Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familySulidaeReichenbach 1849
genusSulaBrisson 1760
speciesleucogaster(Boddaert 1783)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Sula leucogaster Boddaert 1783 [brown booby]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Sula leucogaster (194675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Saint Helena Sula sp. (194238)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas Sula leucogaster (145366)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) Sula leucogaster (185434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Sula leucogaster (132605 241343) Sula leucogastra (28879)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Sula leucogaster (197935)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands Sula leucogaster (209060 209067 209094 209096)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) Sula leucogaster (215325)