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Sula granti
The Nazca Booby (Sula granti) is a booby found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, primarily on the Galápagos Islands where it can be seen by ecotourists, and on Clipperton Island.
Española Island, Galapagos
Scenery indicates that this is Punta Espinoza, Española.
"The Nazca Booby was formerly regarded as a subspecies of the Masked Booby but is now recognized as a separate species. They differ in regard to ecological and morphological[3] as well as mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data.[4] The Nazca Booby co-occurs with the Masked Booby on Clipperton Island, where they may rarely hybridize.[4]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazca_Booby...
Spotted on May 29, 2011
Submitted on Dec 11, 2012
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