The masked booby, also called the masked gannet or the blue-faced booby, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae. First described by the French naturalist René-Primevère Lesson in 1831, the masked booby is one of six species of booby in the genus Sula. It has a typical sulid body shape, with a long pointed yellowish bill, long neck, aerodynamic body, long slender wings and pointed tail. The adult is bright white with black wings, a black tail and a dark face mask; at 75–85 cm (30–33 in) long, it is the largest species of booby. The sexes have similar plumage. This species ranges across tropical oceans, except in the eastern Atlantic and eastern Pacific. In the latter, it is replaced by the Nazca booby, which was formerly regarded as a subspecies of masked booby. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Lesson, RP 1831
Reference:
Traité Orn. Tabl. Méth.
livr.8 p.601
Protonym:
Sula dactylatra
Type locality:
Ascension Island.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/111050#page/639/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
22D1B4A2F0911712
Avibase ID:
avibase-22D1B4A2
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/22D1B4A2
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174699
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Masked or Tasman Booby ( Sula dactylatra [incl. tasmani]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Masked or Tasman Booby ( Sula dactylatra or S. tasmani) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Fou masqué ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
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Oriental Bird Club: Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
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South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Sula dactylatra [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Sula dactylatra [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Sula [dactylatra or granti]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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