Nazca Booby (Sula granti)

About Nazca Booby (Sula granti)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Chordates
• Class: Birds
• Order: Boobies
• Family: Boobies and Gannets

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. 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.