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Nazca Booby Image
 
 
Location: Prince Philip's Steps, Genovesa Island, Galápagos
GPS: 0.3W, -89.9N MAP
Date: May 21, 2008
ID: 7C2V2463
Nazca Booby Image
 
 
Location: Punta Suarez, Española Island, Galápagos
GPS: -1.4W, -89.7N MAP
Date: May 18, 2008
ID: 7C2V0985


Nazca Booby Picture
 
 
Location: North Seymour Island, Galápagos
GPS: -0.4W, -90.3N MAP
Date: May 23, 2008
ID: 7C2V3936
Nazca Booby Photo
 
 
Location: Punta Suarez, Española Island, Galápagos
GPS: -1.4W, -89.7N MAP
Date: May 18, 2008


Nazca Booby Picture
 
 
Location: Punta Suarez, Española Island, Galápagos
GPS: -1.4W, -89.7N MAP
Date: May 18, 2008
Nazca Booby Photo
 
 
Location: Punta Suarez, Española Island, Galápagos
GPS: -1.4W, -89.7N MAP
Date: May 18, 2008
ID: 7C2V1225


Nazca Booby Picture
 
 
Location: San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos
GPS: -0.8W, -89.5N MAP
Date: May 17, 2008
ID: 7C2V0666
Nazca Booby Picture
 
 
Location: San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos
GPS: -0.8W, -89.5N MAP
Date: May 17, 2008
ID: 7C2V0694


Nazca Booby Photo
 
 
Location: San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos
GPS: -0.8W, -89.5N MAP
Date: May 17, 2008
ID: 7C2V0657
Nazca Booby Image
 
 
Location: Punta Suarez, Española Island, Galápagos
GPS: -1.4W, -89.7N MAP
Date: May 18, 2008
ID: 7C2V1125


Nazca Booby Picture
 
 
Location: Punta Suarez, Española Island, Galápagos
GPS: -1.4W, -89.7N MAP
Date: May 18, 2008
Nazca Booby Image
 
 
Location: Prince Philip's Steps, Genovesa Island, Galápagos
GPS: 0.3W, -89.9N MAP
Date: May 21, 2008
ID: 7C2V2464


Nazca Booby Photo
 
 
Location: Prince Philip's Steps, Genovesa Island, Galápagos
GPS: 0.3W, -89.9N MAP
Date: May 21, 2008



SPECIES INFO

The Nazca Booby, Sula granti, is a booby which is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, namely on the Galápagos Islands where it can be seen by eco-tourists, and on Clipperton Island. The Revillagigedo Islands off Baja California which possibly constitute its northeasternmost limit of its breeding range.

It was formerly regarded as a subspecies of the Masked Booby but the Nazca Booby is now recognized as a separate species. They differ in regard to ecological and morphological as well as mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data. The Nazca Booby co-occurs with the Masked Booby on Clipperton Island, where they may rarely hybridize.

Nazca boobies are known for practicing habitual siblicide. They lay two eggs, several days apart. If both eggs hatch, the elder chick will push its sibling out of the nest area, leaving it to die of thirst or cold. The parent booby will not intervene and the younger chick will inevitably die. It is believed that two eggs are laid so that one remains an insurance in case the other gets destroyed or eaten e.g. by gulls, or the chick dies soon after hatching.




masked_booby's Range Map Click here to see the Nazca Booby's range map!
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