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Nazca Booby
Sula granti Rothschild, 1902
Sulidae — Gannets, Boobies
Nazca Booby, Sula granti, is a Suliformes seabird of the Sulidae family that breeds across the eastern Pacific, from San Benedicto, Clipperton Island, Isla del Coco, Isla Malpelo, the Galápagos, Isla de la Plata and Lobos de Afuera. Outside the breeding season it reaches the west coast of Central America and coastal western Baja California. It was first described by Rothschild in 1902. The species has a yellow iris, an orange and pinkish bill, black facial skin, grey feet, and adults are white with black wing tips and a black tail.
- Order
- Suliformes
- Family
- Sulidae — Gannets, Boobies
- Breeding range
- Pacific Ocean: San Benedicto (Revillagigedo, far w of c Mexico), Clipperton I. (far sw of Mexico), I. del Coco (far sw of Costa Rica), I. Malpelo (far w of Colombia), Galápagos, I. de la Plata (just w of c Ecuador) and Lobos de Afuera (just w of nw Peru)
- Nonbreeding range
- to coastal wc Baja California (nw Mexico) and w coast of Central America
