Masked Booby
Sula dactylatraLesson, RP, 1831
English (US) Masked Booby
The Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Sulidae (Boobies and Gannets) in the order Suliformes.
- Scientific name
- Sula dactylatra
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Masked Booby
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1831
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Sula dactylatra dactylatra
- Sula dactylatra melanops
- Sula dactylatra tasmani
- Sula dactylatra personata
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1831
- Type locality
- Ascension Island.
- Original description
- Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.8 p.601
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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