Nazca Booby
Sula grantiRothschild, LW, 1902
English (US) Nazca Booby
The Nazca Booby (Sula granti) 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.
Range: breeds islands off western Mexico (Revillagigedo and Clipperton islands), Cocos Islands (off Costa Rica), Isla Malpelo (off Colombia), Galapagos, Isla de la Plata (off Ecuador), and Lobos de Afuera (off northwestern Peru); ranges mainly to coastal Baja California (northwestern Mexico) and Pacific coast of Central AmericaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sula granti
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Nazca Booby
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW, 1902
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW, 1902
- Type locality
- Galapagos Islands, type from Culpepper Island.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 13 p.7
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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