Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae)
Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) - HBW 1, p. 324
French: Fou masqué
German: Maskentölpel
Spanish: Piquero Enmascarado
Other common names: Blue faced/White Booby
Taxonomy: Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831, Ascension Island.
Hybridization with S. leucogaster has been recorded. Five subspecies recognized; a sixth, bedouti, sometimes accepted.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- dactylatra Lesson, 1831 - – Caribbean and SW Atlantic.
- melanops Heuglin, 1859 - – W Indian Ocean.
- personata Gould, 1846 - – E Indian Ocean, W & C Pacific.
- dactylatra Lesson, 1831 - – Caribbean and SW Atlantic.
- melanops Heuglin, 1859 - – W Indian Ocean.
- personata Gould, 1846 - – E Indian Ocean, W & C Pacific.
- fullagari O'Brien & Davies, 1990 - – N Tasman Sea.
- granti Rothschild, 1902 - – E Pacific.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird flying and soaring over the sea Locality Iquique, Tarapacá Region, Chile (ssp granti)
Max Roth 28 February 2002 6 years ago 30 sec 4.8 -
A pair on the nest taking turns to brood a hatchling Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp granti)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 3 years ago 33 sec 4.6 -
An adult male displaying from its nest Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp granti)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 3 years ago 45 sec 4.6 -
Several close views of birds in the colony, including one with an egg Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp granti)
Peter van Dam 6 June 2005 3 years ago 46 sec 4.5 -
An adult preening next to its resting chick Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp granti)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 3 years ago 20 sec 4.5 -
An adult on a rock, preening Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp granti)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 3 years ago 29 sec 4.5
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Looking down on a bird following a cruise ship
Locality Bahamas (ssp dactylatra)
Stuart Fisher 28 May 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Two birds displaying.
Locality Galapagos Islands (ssp granti)
jorgerubio 29 March 2009 2 years ago 3.9 -
An adult resting on a floating log about 20 km. offshore from Tumaco.
Locality Tumaco, Nariño Department, Colombia (ssp granti)
David Beadle 28 February 2010 7 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult bird with an egg, got in Espanola island
Locality Galapagos Islands (ssp granti)
raniero massoli-novelli 27 May 2005 17 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult feeding a chick
Locality Isla de la Plata, Manabí Province, Ecuador (ssp granti)
Dominique Py 28 June 2011 28 weeks ago 3.8 -
Adult bird nesting.
Locality Isla de la Plata, Manabí Province, Ecuador (ssp granti)
Joe Tobias 1 August 1990 10 weeks ago 3.8
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