The well-named Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) poses for a portrait on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Islands (Archipiélago de Colón), a province of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of South America. The most popular nesting area in the world for blue-footed boobies is now the Galapagos, where these large seabirds and other wildlife have been given protection since 1959 with the establishment of the Galapagos National Park and the Charles Darwin Foundation.

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The well-named Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) poses for a portrait on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Islands (Archipiélago de Colón), a province of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of South America. The most popular nesting area in the world for blue-footed boobies is now the Galapagos, where these large seabirds and other wildlife have been given protection since 1959 with the establishment of the Galapagos National Park and the Charles Darwin Foundation. Darwin is the English naturalist who made the Galapagos famous after he formulated his theory of evolution based on his visit to its 20 islands in 1835.

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Size: 2468px × 3600px
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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