Nazca Booby

Closest Relatives at Machalilla National Park

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	40–50%
2	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	10–20%
3	Isla del Coco National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
4	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
5	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
6	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
7	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
8	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
9	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
10	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
11	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
12	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
13	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Nazca Booby in Machalilla National Park?

About 18% of visitor-days record a Nazca Booby sighting in Machalilla National Park, based on 164 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Nazca Booby in Machalilla National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Nazca Booby in Machalilla National Park in our monthly data.