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Typical Boobies

Sula brewsteri brewsteri

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Sulidae

The masked booby (Sula dactylatra), also called the masked gannet or the blue-faced booby, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae. First described by the French naturalist René-Primevère Lesson in 1831, the masked booby is one of six species of booby in the genus Sula. It has a typical sulid body shape, with a long pointed yellowish bill, long neck, aerodynamic body, long slender wings and pointed tail.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 121United States of America · 43