Peruvian Booby
Sula variegata(Tschudi, JJ, 1843)
English (US) Peruvian Booby
The Peruvian Booby (Sula variegata) 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 northern Peru (Piura) southward to central Chile (Isla Mocha); ranges along coast northward to ColombiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sula variegata
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Peruvian Booby
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1843)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Dysporus variegatus
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1843)
- Type locality
- Islands off the coast of Peru.
- Original description
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9 p.390
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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