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First record of the Red-footed Booby Sula sula for Iran


Authors

ALI KHANI1 & FAEZEH FATEMIZADEH2
1Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran (akhani2004us@yahoo.com)
2Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

Citation

KHANI, A. & FATEMIZADEH, F. 2022. First record of the Red-footed Booby Sula sula for Iran. Marine Ornithology 50: 95 - 97

Received 05 December 2021, accepted 28 February 2022

Date Published: 2022/04/15
Date Online: 2022/03/23
Key words: Red-footed Booby, Sula sula, Iran, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman

Abstract

The Red-footed Booby Sula sula, a pelagic seabird of the family Sulidae, is widespread in the tropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. Here, we present details and photographs of the first well-documented record of the species for Iran, on the coast of the Persian Gulf, northern Indian Ocean.

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