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Masked Booby / Sula dactylatra LC

  • Synonyms Blue-faced booby, Masked or Tasman Booby

Masked Boobybird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Alarm call, © Alán Palacios
    Mexico
  • 2.
    Display call, © Robson Silva e Silva
    Brazil
  • 3.
    Call, female, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    France
  • 4.
    Alarm call, © Alán Palacios
    Mexico
  • 5.
    Call, female, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    France
  • 6.
    Call, © Todd Mark
    United Kingdom
  • 7.
    Call, female, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    France
  • 8.
    Call, female, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    France
  • 9.
    Call, female, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    France
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Brown Booby
Nazca Booby
Cocos Booby
Red-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Peruvian Booby
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Where to see Masked Booby

  • Breeding region Tropical
  • Breeding subregion widespread, subtropical and tropical islands

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

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansBrilmalgas
Arabicأطيش مبرقع
BelarusianЖаўтаногая олуша
Bengaliভুমিা঱঩যা ফুচফ
BretonMorskoul masklet
BulgarianСиньолик рибояд, Зеленоног 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, Maskosulo, maska sulo
Estonianmasksuula
Finnishnaamiosuula
FrenchFou masqué, Fou masqué ou F. tasman
FrisianMaskergint
GalicianAtobá grande, Atobá mascarado
GermanMaskentölpel
GreekΜασκοφόρα Σούλα, Λευκόσoυλα
Hebrewסולת המסיכה, סולה כחולת־פנים
Hungarianálarcos szula
IcelandicGrímusúla
IndonesianAngsa-batu topeng, Angsabatu Topeng, Burung Gangsa Batu Ekor Hitam, Burung Angsa-batu Topeng
IrishBúbaí aghaidhghorm
ItalianSula mascherata
Japaneseアオツラカツオドリ
Korean푸른얼굴얼가니새
Latvianmelnsejas sulla
Lithuaniankaukėtasis padūkėlis
MacedonianМасконосна блуна
MalayBurung Dendang Besar, Burung Dendang Penyamar, Burung Dendang-Laut Besar, Burung Dendang Muka Hitam
Malayalamനീലമുഖി കടൽവാത്ത്‌
Northern SamiHápmasuvlá
Norwegianmaskesule
Norwegian NynorskMaskesule
Persianبوبی نقابدار
Polishgłuptak maskowy
PortugueseAtobá-grande, alcatraz-grande
RomanianGâscă de mare mascată
RussianГолуболицая олуша, Белая олуша
Samoanfua'o
SerbianCrnolika bluna, Žutokljuna maskirana bluna
Slovaksula masková
Slovenianzakrinkani strmoglavec
SpanishPiquero enmascarado, Bobo Enmascarado, Alcatraz Enmascarado
SwahiliNdegejinga Bawa-jeusi
Swedishmasksula
Thaiนกบู๊บบี้หน้าดำ, นกบูบีหน้าดำ, นกบู๊บบี้หน้าดำ
TurkishKara sümsük, Maskeli Sümsük
Ukrainianсула жовтодзьоба
VietnameseChim điên mặt xanh
WelshBwbi mygydog