Cocos Booby
Sula brewsteri Goss, NS 1888
Classification
Order:Pelecaniformes
Family:
Sulidae
Genus:
Sula
Scientific:
Sula brewsteri
Original description
Citation:
Goss, NS 1888
Reference:
Auk
5 p.242
Protonym:
Sula brewsteri
Type locality:
San Pedro Martir Island, Gulf of California.
Link:
https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v005n03/p0240-p0244.pdf
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
AD2B8E994C107C6D
Avibase ID:
avibase-AD2B8E99
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/AD2B8E99
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174706
Geographic range:
- Sula brewsteri brewsteri: Islands in Gulf of California and off w Mexico
- Sula brewsteri etesiaca: Pacific islands off Central America and Colombia
Cocos Booby
French:
Fou des Cocos
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): Cocos Booby ( Sula brewsteri) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Cocos Booby ( Sula brewsteri) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Cocos Booby ( Sula brewsteri) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Sula [leucogaster or brewsteri]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
English: Cocos Booby
French: Fou brun (brewsteri), Fou de Brewster, Fou des Cocos
Scientific: Sula brewsteri
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