Galapagos Species Database
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Sula variegata
Piquero Peruano, Peruvian Booby
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Suliformes
Family
Sulidae
Genus
Sula
Species
variegata
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- Patterson, S.A. Morris-Pocock, J.A. & V.L. Friesen (2011) A multilocus phylogeny of the Sulidae (Aves: Pelecaniformes) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 181–191
- Perez, W. (2014) Observación de un Piquero Peruano com. per.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Sula variegata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9094. Accessed 25 December 2025.