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This is the largest of the three booby
species found in the Galapagos growing to around 30 to 35 inches (76
to 89 cm) in length with a wingspan of 5 to 6 ft (1.5 to 1.8 m) . It
is often referred to as a "Masked Booby" Sula dactylatra,
but this has been shown to be a separate species only fairly recently.
The Galapagos species is Sula granti - the Nazca Booby.
The Nazca booby feeds in a very similar
way to the other two species, though they are all segregated in their
fishing grounds. Only the Blue Footed is regularly seen fishing as it
does so inshore, the Nazca Booby, fishes further offshore and as mentioned
in the previous page, the Red Footed fishes the furthest out of all
of them.
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