A mated pair of Nazca Boobies (Sula granti), Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.

A mated pair of Nazca Boobies (Sula granti), Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, South America. The Nazca Booby (which has an orange beak) was formerly regarded as a subspecies of the Masked Booby (which has a yellow beak) but is now recognized as a separate species. Nazca and Masked Booby species differ in size, nesting habits, and mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data. Published full page in Eagle-Eye Tours Travel Schedule 2006.

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A mated pair of Nazca Boobies (Sula granti), Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, South America. The Nazca Booby (which has an orange beak) was formerly regarded as a subspecies of the Masked Booby (which has a yellow beak) but is now recognized as a separate species. Nazca and Masked Booby species differ in size, nesting habits, and mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data. Published full page in Eagle-Eye Tours Travel Schedule 2006.