Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

PELECANIFORMES

Sulidae

Sula sula
Pelagic. Breeds in bushes and trees on islands. Islands in Pacific on the Paracel Is. in the s China Sea; from Bonin Is. and Hawaiian Is. from Kure e to Kauai, Oahu and Moku Manu, s to Tubbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea, and to ne Australia on Raine I., New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga on Kalau I., Tuamotu and Sala-y-Gómez; Revillagigedo and Tres Marías off Mexico; Cocos I. off Costa Rica; Isla La Plata off Ecuador; Galapagos Is. Atlantic-Caribbean region on Glover's Reef off Yucatán; Half Moon Cay off Belize; Swan Is. off Puerto Rico; Virgin Is. and Grenadines, off Tobago and islands off Venezuela from Los Roques e to Los Hermanos and off Brazil on Fernando de Noronha and Trindade. Indian Ocean from Socotra Is., Aldabra Is., Cosmoledo, Europa, Farquhar and Tromelin is. off Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, e to Keeling in Cocos Is., and Gunungapi in the Lesser Sundas. Ranges at sea from Sinaloa to Panama, from Gulf coast (rarely) s along Middle and S. America to e Brazil and in Indian Ocean n to Bay of Bengal.
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Sula dactylatra
Pelagic. Breeds on open ground on oceanic islands. Is. off Mexico on Alijos Rocks, Revillagigedo, Clipperton; through tropical Pacific from Ryukyu and Hawaiian is. on Kure e to Kaula, and on Moku Manu off Oahu; s to is. in the Sulu Sea (Tubbataha Reef), off se Queensland; Kermadec Is., Tuamotu and Sala-y-Gómez; Galapagos and islands from Malpelo I. off Colombia s to San Ambrosio and San Félix off Chile. Atlantic-Caribbean region on islands off Yucatán Peninsula; Florida Keys on the Dry Tortugas; s Bahamas, sw of Jamaica, off Puerto Rico, Virgin Is. and Lesser Antilles off Anguilla and in the Grenadines; Isla Los Monjes off n Colombia and Islas Aves e to Los Hermanos off Venezuela; from off Brazil to Ascension I. Is. off w Africa in Gulf of Guinea, off Cameroon. Indian Ocean from Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, coast of Eritrea, Somalia, Socotra Is., se Arabia off s Oman, Keeling I. in the Cocos Is., and Christmas Is. s to islands off Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Seychelles, Comoro and Mascarene is. Islands off nw Australia and Gunungapi I. in the Lesser Sundas. Ranges widely in tropical oceans, rarely n to Gulf coast of se U.S. and N. Carolina, and s to w Mexico, se Australia and S. Africa.
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Sula leucogaster
Pelagic. Breeds on open ground and cliffs on islands. Pacific islands from Izu, Bonin, Volcano and Hawaiian is., from Kure e to Kauai and Moku Manu, s to islands in S. China Sea; Tubbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea; off n Australia, New Caledonia, Tonga and Tuamotu; islands in Gulf of California; off w Mexico on the Revillagigedo, Clipperton, Tres Marías and Isabela is., probably on Los Farallones off Honduras; islets off Costa Rica; Pearl Is. and islets in Bay of Panama and Gorgona I. off Colombia. Atlantic-Caribbean region from islands off Yucatán Pen., formerly Florida Keys; and Bahamas s through Antilles and along coast of e Middle and n S. America e to Trinidad; from Cape Verde Is., islands off w Africa and Gulf of Guinea s to coast of c Brazil and Ascension I.; islands in the Indian Ocean from Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Malay Peninsula, s to Seychelles, Mitsio I. off Madagascar; Keeling I., and Christmas Is.; and Gunungapi in the Lesser Sundas. Ranges at sea n, rarely,to Japan, Calif. and Nova Scotia, s, rarely, to Ecuador, S. Africa and se Australia.
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Morus capensis
Pelagic. Breeds on cliffs. Islands off s Africa from Hollandsbird I. off Namibia, s and e to e S. Africa at Algoa Bay. Ranges at sea n to Gulf of Guinea and Kenya. May be a subspecies of bassanus.
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Morus bassanus
Pelagic. Breeds on open islands and coastal cliffs. Islands in the n Atlantic in Gulf of St. Lawrence on Bonaventure, Anticosti and Magdalen is., formerly off Quebec; Newfoundland, formerly Nova Scotia; and New Brunswick; islands around Iceland, Faroes, British Isles, n France and coastal Norway. Ranges at sea in n Atlantic s to Gulf coast, Cape Verde Is., nw Africa and Mediterranean Sea, and nw to n Russia and the Baltic Sea.
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