---
title: "Atobá-de-nazca"
description: "Sula granti — Aves. The Nazca booby (Sula granti) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae, native to the eastern Pacific."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/nazca-booby
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atobá-de-nazca

> Sula granti — Aves. The Nazca booby (Sula granti) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae, native to the eastern Pacific.

- Scientific name: *Sula granti*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 3707
- Wikidata: [Q115487](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115487)
- iNaturalist taxon: [56768](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56768)

## Names

- en: Nazca Booby
- de: Nazcatölpel
- es: Piquero nazca
- fr: Fou de Grant
- nl: Nazcagent
- pt: Atobá-de-nazca
- pl: Głuptak galapagoski

## Countries with the most observations

EC (2703), US (153), MX (65), CR (18), PA (9), CO (8), UM (8), GT (4), SV (4), CL (3)

## Summary

The Nazca booby (Sula granti) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae, native to the eastern Pacific. First described by Walter Rothschild in 1902, it was long considered a subspecies of the masked booby until recognised as distinct genetically and behaviorally in 2002. It has a typical sulid body shape, with a long pointed orange-yellow bill, long neck, aerodynamic body, long slender wings and pointed tail.  The adult is bright white with black and white wings, a black tail and a dark face mask.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/395420215

## Machine access

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