Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Order Pelecaniformes > Family Sulidae > Genus Sula

Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sula*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: maskergent sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

English: blue-faced booby; masked booby sources: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

French: Fou masqué sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Maskentölpel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: アオツラカツオドリ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: kaukėtasis padūkėlis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: głuptak maskowy sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: или белая олуша; масковая sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: zakrinkani strmoglavec sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: piquero enmascarado sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: maskeli sümsük kuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Маскова олуша; Олуша маскова

Literature

basis of record	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.