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Peruvian Booby
Sula variegata · Family Sulidae
Sula variegata
Family Sulidae
- Order
- Suliformes
- Family
- Sulidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 368,957
- Countries and territories with records
- 8
About this species
This species has 368,957 occurrence records from 8 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Peru (86.7%) and Chile (12.8%); together they account for 99.5% of the total. In Peru, this species accounts for 3.6% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Sula variegata combines the genus name Sula with the species epithet variegata. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Sula; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Sula leucogaster, Sula nebouxii and Sula sula.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 10 species of the family Sulidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Morus bassanus. Its record count is close to the family average (339,265). The family Sulidae belongs to the order Suliformes, which has 48 species in the Warbla app catalog.