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    The Cape gannet (Morus capensis) is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae. They are easily identified by their large size, black and white plumage...
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    Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus Morus in the family Sulidae, closely related to boobies, commonly named 'gugas' in Scotland. Gannets are large...
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    The Australasian gannet (Morus serrator), also known as the Australian gannet or tākapu, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae. Adults...
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    The northern gannet (Morus bassanus) is a seabird, the largest species of the gannet family, Sulidae. It is native to the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean...
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    Abbott's booby, Papasula abbotti Northern gannet, Morus bassanus Cape gannet, Morus capensis Australasian gannet, Morus serrator Phalacrocoracidae Pygmy...
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    genus Sula, part of the family Sulidae. Boobies are closely related to the gannets (Morus), which were formerly included in Sula. The genus Sula was introduced...
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    SANCCOB (section Cape gannet)
    000 Cape gannets on Malgas Island. SANCCOB has been instrumental in rehabilitating oiled Cape gannets following spills in both the Eastern Cape and Algoa...
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    The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies. Collectively called sulids, they are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish...
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    Masked booby (redirect from Masked Gannet)
    (Sula dactylatra), also called the masked gannet or the blue-faced booby, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae. First described by the...
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    Malgas (category Western Cape geography stubs)
    for gannet. The word "malgas" is probably an adaptation of the Portuguese: mangas de velludo, lit. 'velvet sleeves', referring to the Cape gannet (Morus...
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    agrees that the cormorants and shags are closer to the darters and Sulidae (gannets and boobies), and perhaps the pelicans or even penguins, than to all other...
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    Napier. Access to the cape by road stops at Clifton, which is the departure point for many tourists visiting the gannet colony. The Cape Kidnappers Golf Course...
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    Bird Island Nature Reserve (South Africa) (category Western Cape geography stubs)
    Bay, South Africa. It is an important breeding site for the endangered Cape gannet and crowned cormorant. Bird guano was collected on the island for fertiliser...
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    booby Peruvian booby Masked booby Nazca booby Red-footed booby Brown booby Papasula Abbott's booby Morus Northern gannet Cape gannet Australasian gannet...
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  • name tag before leaving Quinn. After he comes to, he is found by three cape gannets named Diving Dee, Roger, and Mayday, who has been trying to eat a starfish...
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    booby Peruvian booby Masked booby Nazca booby Red-footed booby Brown booby Papasula Abbott's booby Morus Northern gannet Cape gannet Australasian gannet...
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    scientist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. The word Sula is Norwegian for a gannet. There are three subspecies: S. s. sula (Linnaeus, 1766) – Caribbean and...
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    (2): 85–205 [178]. Rothschild, Walter (1902). "An overlooked species of gannet". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 13: 7. Rothschild, Walter...
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    ; Le Maho, Y. (2004). "Between air and water: the plunge dive of the Cape Gannet Morus capensis". Ibis. 146 (2): 281–290. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.2003...
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  • Maho, Yvon (2003-12-22). "Between air and water: the plunge dive of the Cape Gannet Morus capensis". Ibis. 146 (2): 281–290. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.2003...
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    Magnificent frigatebird (category Birds of Cape Verde)
    There are also populations on the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific and the Cape Verde islands in the Atlantic. It is one of the fastest birds in the world...
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    booby Peruvian booby Masked booby Nazca booby Red-footed booby Brown booby Papasula Abbott's booby Morus Northern gannet Cape gannet Australasian gannet...
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    booby Peruvian booby Masked booby Nazca booby Red-footed booby Brown booby Papasula Abbott's booby Morus Northern gannet Cape gannet Australasian gannet...
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    and minke whales. The Cape gannet is the predator species most closely associated with sardine presence along the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal coastline...
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    HMS Gannet is a Royal Navy Doterel-class screw sloop-of-war launched on 31 August 1878. It became a training ship in the Thames in 1903, and was then loaned...
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    booby Peruvian booby Masked booby Nazca booby Red-footed booby Brown booby Papasula Abbott's booby Morus Northern gannet Cape gannet Australasian gannet...
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    booby Peruvian booby Masked booby Nazca booby Red-footed booby Brown booby Papasula Abbott's booby Morus Northern gannet Cape gannet Australasian gannet...
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    booby Peruvian booby Masked booby Nazca booby Red-footed booby Brown booby Papasula Abbott's booby Morus Northern gannet Cape gannet Australasian gannet...
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    booby Peruvian booby Masked booby Nazca booby Red-footed booby Brown booby Papasula Abbott's booby Morus Northern gannet Cape gannet Australasian gannet...
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    Brown booby (category Birds of Cape Verde)
    zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. The word Sula is Norwegian for a gannet; the specific leucogaster is from Ancient Greek leuko for "white" and gastēr...
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