Birds
Brown Booby
Brown Booby
Anus formosa
Katsuodori (size: 64-74cm)
The Brown Booby is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. Their heads and backs are black, and their bellies are white. This species breeds on islands and coasts in the pantropical areas of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The Japanese name Katsuodori means Tuna Bird. In the old days, fisherman knew where tuna were by flocks of these birds which gathered to eat eats small fish which were chased to the surface by tuna.