Nazca Booby
Sula granti
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,458
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Nazca booby (Sula granti) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae, native to the eastern Pacific. First described by Walter Rothschild in 1902, it was long considered a subspecies of the masked booby until recognised as distinct genetically and behaviorally in 2002. It has a typical sulid body shape, with a long pointed orange-yellow bill, long neck, aerodynamic body, long slender wings and pointed tail. The adult is bright white with black and white wings, a black tail and a dark face mask.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Nazca booby”.