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title: "Atobá-grande"
description: "Sula dactylatra — Aves. The masked booby (Sula dactylatra), also called the masked gannet or the blue-faced booby, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/masked-booby
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atobá-grande

> Sula dactylatra — Aves. The masked booby (Sula dactylatra), also called the masked gannet or the blue-faced booby, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae.

- Scientific name: *Sula dactylatra*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 3074
- Wikidata: [Q602084](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q602084)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3788](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3788)

## Names

- en: Masked Booby
- de: Maskentölpel
- es: Bobo enmascarado
- fr: Fou masqué
- nl: Maskergent
- pt: Atobá-grande
- pl: Głuptak maskowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (535), MX (178), AU (148), NF (115), BR (114), TF (102), UM (59), SH (56), IN (47), CL (43), SC (31), OM (24)

## Summary

The masked booby (Sula dactylatra), also called the masked gannet or the blue-faced booby, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae. First described by the French naturalist René-Primevère Lesson in 1831, the masked booby is one of six species of booby in the genus Sula. It has a typical sulid body shape, with a long pointed yellowish bill, long neck, aerodynamic body, long slender wings and pointed tail. The adult is bright white with black wings, a black tail and a dark face mask; at 75–85 cm (30–33 in) long, it is the largest species of booby. The sexes have similar plumage. This species ranges…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masked_booby

## Photo

![Atobá-grande](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/masked-booby/medium.jpg)

Photo: Matt Neidert · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/295866965

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/masked-booby?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).