Birds of Guyana

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Genus: Sula (1 species, 6 worldwide)

Genus Sula, Boobies, are large fish-eating pelagic birds with strong bills (called piquero in Spansh). Boobies nest on remote islands and are rarely seen from the shore.


Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) Playa la Agua, Isla Margarita, Venezuela
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

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Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba