Sula nebouxii excisa
Piquero patas azules, Blue-footed Booby
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Suliformes
Family
Sulidae
Genus
Sula
Species
nebouxii
Subspecies
excisa
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Sula nebouxii Milne-Edwards, 1882, Sula nebouxii nebouxii Milne-Edwards, 1882, ? Sula leucogaster Boddaert, 1783, ? Dysporus leucogaster Sundevall, 1871, ? Sula brewsteri Ridgway, 1897
Taxon origin
Taxon origin: Endemic
Distribution: Breeding on most islands except those north of the equator, although it breeds occasionally on Genovesa.
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Feeding type: Piscivorous