Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Sula dactylara granti (GBIF Secretariat, 2021); Sula granti dactylatra Rothschild, 1902, Dysporus cyanops Sundevall, 1871, Sula cyanops Salvin, 1883, Sula variegata Rothschild & Hartert, 1899, Sula dactylatra granti Rothschild, 1915. Pitman and Jehl (1998) argued that Masked Boobies (formerly Sula dactylatra granti) breeding on the Nazca Plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean are morphologically and ecologically distinct from other Masked Boobies and may represent a full species. The American Ornithologists’ Union subsequently elevated that subspecies to a full species: the Nazca Booby (S. granti).

Origin: Native

Trophic role: Carnivorous

Distribution: Breeds throughout the archipelago.

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