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booby

5 Kiribati words

• keta
  • Sabatier red footed booby.
  • Goo & Banner <bird> red footed booby (aa).
• kibui
  • Sabatier a big sea bird (Brown Booby).
  • Goo & Banner <bird> brown booby (Single birds or small groups are often seen flying around lagoons or resting on beacons or buoys. The adult is dark chocholate-brown on the upperparts and breast, white on the abdomen, underwing and coverts. The bill is pale bluish or yellowish, with greenish-yellow on the skin of the face. The legs, feet and webs are also greenish-yellow.) (aa).
• kota
  • Sabatier a large bird makitaba (Red footed Booby).
• monuakena
  • Sabatier a large bird (marked gannet, blue faced booby, common in Phoenix Islands), walks majestically.
• mouakena
  • Goo & Banner <bird> blue faced booby, Masked gannet (The Blue-faced booby is seldom seen in the Gilbert and Ellice groups. An occasional one is picked up by parties on fishing groups. The adult is a large white bird with contr... dark brown primaries and tail feathers. The bill has a horn-colored tip, the base being orange-yellow in males and pinkish in females. There is a conspicuous patch of dark blue skin on the face and throat.) (aa).