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Boobies and Gannets (Sulidae)

Meet the 4 Puerto Rico bird records in the family Sulidae.

4birds in this collection

Brown Booby

Masked Booby

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Boobies and Gannets (Sulidae)

Meet the 4 Puerto Rico bird records in the family Sulidae.

AI reconstruction of Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)

0181

Accidental / vagrantIUCN LC

Northern Gannet

Alcatraz Atlántico

Morus bassanus

open-ocean↗

AI reconstruction of Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)

0182

Native / natural occurrenceIUCN LC

Red-footed Booby

Bobo Patirrojo

Sula sula

Pelagic waters; wooded or scrubby offshore nesting islands↗

AI reconstruction of Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)

0183

Native / natural occurrenceIUCN LC

Brown Booby

Boba Parda

Sula leucogaster

open-ocean↗

AI reconstruction of Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)

0184

Native / natural occurrenceIUCN LC

Masked Booby

Bobo Enmascarado

Sula dactylatra

Pelagic waters; offshore nesting islands↗

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