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Masked Booby

Sula dactylatra

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 403, February 341, March 411, April 253, May 199, June 191, July 276, August 199, September 228, October 268, November 282, December 396.
United States12,056
Hawaii3,447
Texas1,880
California1,816
North Carolina97
Australia75
Alabama67
New Jersey48
Other Territories47
Mexico30

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderGannets, Cormorants, and Allies · Suliformes
FamilyBoobies and Gannets · Sulidae
GenusTypical Boobies · Sula

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Practise Masked Booby with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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