Nazca Booby

Boba de Nazca

Sula granti

 
Photo/Foto: M. Oberle

 

Recently taxonomists have split the Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) into two species: the widespread Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) and the Nazca Booby (Sula granti) which nests in the Galßpagos Islands, Ecuador, and several Pacific islands west of Central America Recientemente los tax≤nomos han separado la Boba de Nazca (Sula granti) de la mßs ampliamente distribuida Boba Enmascarada (Sula dactylatra). Esta especie nidifica en las islas Galßpagos, Ecuador, y varias islas del Pacφfico al oeste de la costa centroamericana.

 

 
Photo/Foto: M. Oberle
 

 

 
Siblicide/fratricidio - Photo/Foto: M. Oberle
 

References/Referencias

del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1992. Handbook of Birds of the World, Vol. 1, Ostrich to ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Harrison, P. 1983. Seabirds: an identification guide. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.

Harrison, P. 1987. A field guide to seabirds of the world. Stephen Greene Press, Lexington, MA.

Pitman, R. L. and J. R. Jehl, Jr. 1988. Geographic variation and reassessment of species limits in the "Masked" Boobies of the eastern Pacific Ocean. Wilson Bull. 110-155-170.

 

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