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Nazca Booby pair preen on Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.

Nazca Booby male and female birds preen each other on the 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.

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Nazca Booby male and female birds preen each other on the 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.
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