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Index Nazca booby

The Nazca booby (Sula granti) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae, native to the eastern Pacific.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 25 relations: Angiogenesis, Booby, Clipperton Island, El Niño–Southern Oscillation, Española Island, Galápagos Islands, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Isla de la Plata, Least-concern species, Malpelo Island, Marine pollution, Masked booby, Mitochondrial DNA, NPR, Overfishing, Pelecaniformes, Peruvian booby, Sardinops, Seabird, Siblicide, Sulidae, Suliformes, Vampire ground finch, Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, William Robert Ogilvie-Grant.

  2. Birds described in 1902
  3. Fauna of Clipperton Island
  4. Natural history of the Revillagigedo Islands

Angiogenesis

Angiogenesis is the physiological process through which new blood vessels form from pre-existing vessels, formed in the earlier stage of vasculogenesis.

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Booby

A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the family Sulidae.

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Clipperton Island

Clipperton Island, also known as Clipperton Atoll and previously as Clipperton's Rock, is an uninhabited French coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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El Niño–Southern Oscillation

El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variations in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean.

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Española Island

Española or Espanola Island (Isla Española) is the most southerly of the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, about a 10 to 12-hour trip by boat from Santa Cruz.

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Galápagos Islands

The Galápagos Islands (Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the Equator west of the mainland of South America.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Isla de la Plata

Isla de la Plata is a small island off the coast of Manabí, Ecuador, and is part of Parque Nacional Machalilla.

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Least-concern species

A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of wildlife conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild.

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Malpelo Island

Malpelo is a small oceanic island in the eastern Pacific Ocean, located about west of the Colombian mainland with a military post manned by the Colombian Armed Forces.

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Marine pollution

Marine pollution occurs when substances used or spread by humans, such as industrial, agricultural and residential waste, particles, noise, excess carbon dioxide or invasive organisms enter the ocean and cause harmful effects there.

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Masked booby

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.

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Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA and mDNA) is the DNA located in the mitochondria organelles in a eukaryotic cell that converts chemical energy from food into adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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Overfishing

Overfishing is the removal of a species of fish (i.e. fishing) from a body of water at a rate greater than that the species can replenish its population naturally (i.e. the overexploitation of the fishery's existing fish stock), resulting in the species becoming increasingly underpopulated in that area.

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Pelecaniformes

The Pelecaniformes are an order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide.

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Peruvian booby

The Peruvian booby (Sula variegata) is an endemic bird of the Peruvian current, and an important predator of the marine community to which it belongs.

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Sardinops

Sardinops is a monotypic genus of sardines of the family Alosidae.

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Seabird

Seabirds (also known as marine birds) are birds that are adapted to life within the marine environment.

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Siblicide

Siblicide (attributed by behavioural ecologist Doug Mock to Barbara M. Braun) is the killing of an infant individual by its close relatives (full or half siblings).

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Sulidae

The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies.

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Suliformes

The order Suliformes (dubbed "Phalacrocoraciformes" by Christidis & Boles 2008) is an order recognised by the International Ornithologist's Union.

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Vampire ground finch

The vampire ground finch (Geospiza septentrionalis) is a small bird native to the Galápagos Islands.

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Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild

Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family.

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William Robert Ogilvie-Grant

William Robert Ogilvie-Grant (25 March 1863 – 26 July 1924) was a Scottish ornithologist.

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See also

Birds described in 1902

Fauna of Clipperton Island

Natural history of the Revillagigedo Islands

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazca_booby

Also known as Nazca boobies, Sula granti.