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Sula granti  Rothschild, 1902
Taxonomic Serial No.: 726047

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Nazca Booby [English]
  
    Fou de Grant [French]
  
    alcatraz-de-nazca [Portuguese]
  
    Piquero nazca [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderSuliformes   
                            FamilySulidae Reichenbach, 1849 – Boobies, Gannets  
                               GenusSula Brisson, 1760 – Boobies, Gannets  
                                  SpeciesSula granti Rothschild, 1902 – Nazca Booby, Fou de Grant, alcatraz-de-nazca, Piquero nazca  
       

 References
       
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  Source: AOU Check-List (08-2011), website (version Aug-2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "Check-list of North American Birds - List of the 2,078 Bird Species Known From the A.O.U. Check-list Area" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-52), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Sula granti, Nazca Booby [English]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025].   
  Reference for: Sula granti, Nazca Booby [English]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List, Master List v2.9, website (version 2.9)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Master list and sub-lists are maintained at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/names.html, and 'virtually replace' Gill & Wright 2006 (Birds of the World, Recommended English Names)   
  Reference for: Sula granti, Nazca Booby [English]   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.01.03, website (version 03-Jan-11)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Sula granti   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): American Ornithologists' Union  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title: Forty-second supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Auk, vol. 117, no. 3   
  Page(s): 847-858   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0004-8038   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sula granti   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, Edward C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition   
  Page(s): 1039   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-11701-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sula granti   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rothschild, Lionel Walter  
  Publication Date: 1902   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, vol. 13, no. 91   
  Page(s): 1-30   
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  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37116683   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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