Nazca Booby
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Scientific name | Sula granti |
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Conservation status | Least Concern (Population decreasing) |
Phylum | Chordata |
Higher classification | Booby |
Order | Gannets |
Rank | Species |
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ID | 2131678 |
About Nazca Booby
The Nazca booby 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.