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gannet

2 Kiribati words

• 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).