Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Boobies and Gannets :: Nazca Booby

Nazca Booby Sula granti

Described by: Rothschilds (1902)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Galapagos, Ecuador - Jul, 1999 © Allen Chartier  Galapagos, Ecuador - Jul, 1999 © Allen Chartier  Galapagos, Ecuador - Aug, 1998 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Galapagos, Ecuador - Sep, 2005 © Douglas Bolt  Galapagos, Ecuador - Sep, 2005 © Douglas Bolt 
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Range

E. Pacific Ocean;
Breeds in the Clipperton Is. and Revillagigedo Is. off w. Mexico, Malpelo Is. off w. Colombia and the Galapagos Is. (Espanola (Hood) Is., Wenman Is., Genovesa (Tower) Is. and Daphne Is. Culpepper Is.(?)). and La Plata Is. off Ecuador.
Disperses in coastal Pacific waters from nw. Mexico (1/3 of the way up the Baja Peninsula to Alijos Rocks and off Colima to Chiapas and to a lesser extent in the Gulf of California) and off w. Guatemala, nw. El Salvador, Panama, nw. Colombia, Ecuador to nw. Peru.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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