Masked Booby
- Body length
- 75–85 cm
- Body Mass
- 1.73 kg
- Wingspan
- 152 cm
- Diet
- Aquatic prey
- Migration
- Partially migratory
⚔️ Ecological Combat Rationale
Dagger-like or spear bill specialized for precision thrusts and instantaneous underwater strike acceleration (ATK 189).
Tightly preened water-repellent oiled plumage resisting freezing currents and dive water resistance (DEF 176).
* These descriptions interpret game abilities, not measured physical strength. Generated scores use body mass, rarity and balancing rules; legacy cards retain manual values.
How to identify
Detailed field marks are not yet available. Use the linked sources to confirm an identification.
Similar species
Species-specific comparison notes are not yet available. Related birds below are not necessarily lookalikes.
Calls & songs
A playable recording is not currently available for this species.
🌍 Range & Habitat
4 · Subspecies & regional ranges
- Sula dactylatra dactylatra
Caribbean from Campeche Bank (w of Yucatan Pen.) and islands ne of Honduras, I. San Andrés (e of Nicaragua), islands near Puerto Rico and Lesser Antilles, islands n of Venezuela; Fernando de Noronha (ne of ne Brazil), Abrolhos Arch. and I. Trindade (e of ec Brazil), Ascension and St. Helena (tropical se Atlantic Ocean)
- Sula dactylatra melanops
islands in Red Sea, Socotra, islands ne of Somalia, s Oman (nw Arabian Sea)
- Sula dactylatra tasmani
Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (e of Australia) and Kermadec Is. (ne of New Zealand)
- Sula dactylatra personata
Comoros, Cosmoledo (e Aldabra group, sw Seychelles), Boudeuse (Amirantes, c Seychelles), Mauritius and St. Brandon (ne of Mascarenes); Chagos Arch. (nc Indian Ocean; this race?), Con Dao I. (se of Vietnam), Cocos (Keeling) Is. (ec Indian Ocean), off se New Guinea, islands off nw WA and QLD (n Australia), islands off New Caledonia, Senkaku and Ogasawara is. (sw, se Japan), and throughout the Pacific to Hawaii and Easter (=Eastern) is., islands off w Mexico, I. del Coco (far sw of Costa Rica), I. Malpelo (far w of Colombia) and Is. Desventuradas (w of n Chile)
Frequently asked questions
What is its scientific name?
Sula dactylatra
Which family does it belong to?
Gannets, Boobies (Sulidae)
Where is it found?
TrO: widespread & subtropical and tropical islands
Sources & credits
📖 Open Full Article on Wikipedia- IOC World Bird List 15.2 ↗
- AVONET ↗
- Body length: Wikipedia ↗
- Bird illustration credits ↗ · huashu-bird-sticker · PolyForm-Shield-1.0.0
- Illustration reference ↗ · Forest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0


