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Sula  Brisson, 1760
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174697

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Boobies [English]
  
    Gannets [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderSuliformes   
                            FamilySulidae Reichenbach, 1849 – Boobies, Gannets  
                               GenusSula Brisson, 1760 – Boobies, Gannets  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Sula brewsteri Goss, 1888 – Cocos Booby, Fou de Brewster 
                                  Species Sula dactylatra R. P. Lesson, 1831 – Fou masqué, alcatraz-grande, Piquero enmascarado, Masked Booby, Bobo enmascarado 
                                  Species Sula granti Rothschild, 1902 – Nazca Booby, Fou de Grant, alcatraz-de-nazca, Piquero nazca 
                                  Species Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783) – Fou brun, alcatraz-pardo, Piquero pardo, Brown Booby, Bobo café 
                                  Species Sula nebouxii Milne-Edwards, 1882 – Fou à pieds bleus, alcatraz-de-pés-azuis, Piquero camanay, Blue-footed Booby, Bobo pata azul 
                                  Species Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766) – Fou à pieds rouges, alcatraz-de-pés-vermelhos, Piquero patirrojo, Red-footed Booby, Bobo pata roja 
                                  Species Sula variegata (Tschudi, 1843) – Fou varié, alcatraz-peruano, Piquero peruano, Peruvian Booby 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Sula    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Sula    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025].   
  Reference for: Sula   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sula   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.01.03, website (version 03-Jan-11)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Sula   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brisson, Mathurin-Jacques  
  Publication Date: 1760   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ornithologie ou Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés, vol. 6   
  Page(s): 1-543   
  Publisher: Cl. Jean-Baptiste Bauche, Libraire   
  Publication Place: Paris, France   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36294287   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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