Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Lesson 1831
Common Names in English:
Masked Booby, Ascension Booby, Blue-Faced Booby, White Booby
Common Names in French:
Fou Masqu, Fou Masqué
Common Names in German:
Alcatraz Enmascarado, Maskentölpel
Common Names in Italian:
Maskergent
Common Names in Japanese:
アオツラカツオドリ
Common Names in Latin:
Sula dactylatra cyanops
Common Names in Spanish:
Sula Mscherata
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Pelecanimorphae
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Pelecaniformes
()
- Sharpe, 1891
- Suborder:
Steganopodes
()
- Chandler, 1916
- Infraorder:
Pelecanides
()
- Sharpe, 1891
- Infraorder:
Pelecanides
(
- Suborder:
Steganopodes
(
- Order:
Pelecaniformes
(
- Superorder:
Pelecanimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Sula
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. abbotti (Black-Necked Swan) · S. bassanus (Northern Gannet) · S. capensis (Cape Gannet) · S. dactylatra (Ascension Masked Booby) · S. dactylatra californica (Masked Booby) · S. dactylatra dactylatra (Masked Booby) · S. dactylatra granti (Masked Booby) · S. dactylatra melanops (Indian Ocean Booby) · S. dactylatra personata (Masked Gannet) · S. granti (Masked Booby) · S. leucogaster (Yellow Footed Booby) · S. leucogaster brewsteri (Brown Booby) · S. leucogaster leucogaster (Brown Booby) · S. nebouxii (Blue-Footed Booby) · S. nebouxii excisa (Blue-Footed Booby) · S. nebouxii nebouxii (Blue-Footed Booby) · S. serrator (Australian Gannet) · S. sula (Red-Footed Booby) · S. sula rubripes (Red Footed Booby) · S. sula sula (Red-Footed Booby) · S. sula websteri (Red-Footed Booby) · S. tasmani (Tasman Booby) · S. variegata (Peruvian Booby)
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851694
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-174700
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13897101
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174700
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 406223
