Peruvian Booby

• Together with the guanay cormorant it produced the guano deposits that sustained the Peruvian economy of the 19th century: millions of tonnes of droppings accumulated over centuries on the Pacific islands were exported.
• Its colonies run to hundreds of thousands, and its feeding flocks darken the sky over the Peruvian sea, forming columns that plunge in cascades onto the anchoveta shoals.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

The Humboldt Current off Peru and Chile; it breeds on guano islands and coastal headlands

Sexual maturity

3 years

Gestation / incubation

42 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

3 eggs

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sula_variegata

The pins mark the parks and dive sites where its presence is documented.