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Masked Booby / Sula dactylatra

Masked Booby bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsBlue-faced booby, Masked or Tasman Booby
OrderGannets and relatives / Suliformes
FamilyGannets, Boobies / Sulidae
GenusSula
Breeding regionTropical
Breeding subregionwidespread, subtropical and tropical islands

Masked Booby bird sounds *

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    Call, female, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    France
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    Call, female, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    France
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    Display call, © Robson Silva e Silva
    Brazil
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    Soundscape, © Daniel Danckwerts
    France
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    Call, female, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    France
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    Call, © Todd Mark
    United Kingdom
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    Call, female, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    France
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    Call, female, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    France
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    Call, female, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    France
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    Call, female, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    France
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Peruvian Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby
Nazca Booby

Where to see Masked Booby

Masked Booby subspecies (4)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Sula dactylatra dactylatraCaribbean from Campeche Bank (w of Yucatan Pen.) and islands ne of Honduras, I. San Andrés (e of Nicaragua), islands near Puerto Rico and Lesser Antilles, islands n of Venezuela; Fernando de Noronha (ne of ne Brazil), Abrolhos Arch. and I. Trindade (e of ec Brazil), Ascension and St. Helena (tropical se Atlantic Ocean)-No
Sula dactylatra melanopsislands in Red Sea, Socotra, islands ne of Somalia, s Oman (nw Arabian Sea)to Gulf of Aden and w Indian coastNo
Sula dactylatra personataComoros, Cosmoledo (e Aldabra group, sw Seychelles), Boudeuse (Amirantes, c Seychelles), Mauritius and St. Brandon (ne of Mascarenes); Chagos Arch. (nc Indian Ocean; this race?), Con Dao I. (se of Vietnam), Cocos (Keeling) Is. (ec Indian Ocean), off se New Guinea, islands off nw WA and QLD (n Australia), islands off New Caledonia, Senkaku and Ogasawara is. (sw, se Japan), and throughout the Pacific to Hawaii and Easter (=Eastern) is., islands off w Mexico, I. del Coco (far sw of Costa Rica), I. Malpelo (far w of Colombia) and Is. Desventuradas (w of n Chile)-No
Sula dactylatra tasmaniLord Howe and Norfolk is. (e of Australia) and Kermadec Is. (ne of New Zealand)-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansBrilmalgas
Arabicأطيش مبرقع
BelarusianЖаўтаногая олуша
Bengaliভুমিা঱঩যা ফুচফ
BretonMorskoul masklet
BulgarianЗеленоног рибояд, Синьолик рибояд
Catalanmascarell emmascarat
Chinese蓝脸鲣鸟
Chinese (Traditional)藍臉鰹鳥
Chuvashшурă олуша
CroatianCrnolika bluna, žutokljuna bluna
Czechterej maskový
DanishMaskesule
DutchMaskergent
EsperantoMasksulo, maska sulo, Maskosulo
Estonianmasksuula
Finnishnaamiosuula
FrenchFou masqué, Fou masqué ou F. tasman
FrisianMaskergint
GalicianAtobá grande, Atobá mascarado
GermanMaskentölpel
GreekΛευκόσoυλα, Μασκοφόρα Σούλα
Hebrewסולה כחולת־פנים, סולת המסיכה
Hungarianálarcos szula
IcelandicGrímusúla
IndonesianAngsabatu Topeng, Angsa-batu topeng, Burung Angsa-batu Topeng, Burung Gangsa Batu Ekor Hitam
IrishBúbaí aghaidhghorm
ItalianSula mascherata
Japaneseアオツラカツオドリ
Korean푸른얼굴얼가니새
Latvianmelnsejas sulla
Lithuaniankaukėtasis padūkėlis
MacedonianМасконосна блуна
MalayBurung Dendang Penyamar, Burung Dendang Muka Hitam, Burung Dendang Besar, Burung Dendang-Laut Besar
Malayalamനീലമുഖി കടൽവാത്ത്‌
Northern SamiHápmasuvlá
Norwegianmaskesule, Maskesule
Norwegian NynorskMaskesule
Persianبوبی نقابدار
Polishgłuptak maskowy
Portuguesealcatraz-grande, atobá-grande
RomanianGâscă de mare mascată
RussianБелая олуша, Голуболицая олуша
Samoanfua'o
SerbianCrnolika bluna, Žutokljuna maskirana bluna
Slovaksula masková
Slovenianzakrinkani strmoglavec
SpanishAlcatraz Enmascarado, Piquero enmascarado, Bobo Enmascarado
SwahiliNdegejinga Bawa-jeusi
Swedishmasksula
Thaiนกบู๊บบี้หน้าดำ, นกบูบีหน้าดำ, นกบู๊บบี้หน้าดำ
TurkishMaskeli Sümsük, Kara sümsük
Ukrainianсула жовтодзьоба
VietnameseChim điên mặt xanh
WelshBwbi mygydog