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Species
Nazca booby
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPelecaniformes
- FamilySulidae
Der Nazcatölpel (Sula granti) ist ein tropischer Meeresvogel. Die Art wurde früher als Unterart Sula dactylatra granti dem Maskentölpel zugeordnet, im Jahr 1998 aber durch Pitman und Jehl in den Rang einer eigenständigen Art erhoben, was 2000 durch die American Ornithologists’ Union anerkannt und 2002 auch durch DNA-Untersuchungen bestätigt wurde.
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Sula granti
- Commons category
- Sula granti
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- Sula granti
- litter size
- 2
- taxon common name
- atobá-de-nasca
- short name
- S. granti
- taxon range
- South America
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nazca Booby” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.