🦋 Family

Sulidae

10 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Suliformes › Sulidae

The blue-footed booby is a marine bird with distinctive blue feet native to eastern Pacific coasts from California to Peru.

Sula dactylatra (masked booby) is the largest booby species, found across tropical oceans between 30°N and 30°S.

Sula sula, the red-footed booby, is the smallest booby-gannet, with plumage morphs, spread across tropical oceans and extirpated from many islands.

Sula variegata, the Peruvian booby, is a Humboldt Current seabird with distinct plumage, grey feet, and breeding patterns tied to food availability.

Sula leucogaster, the brown booby, is a pantropical sulid seabird with distinctive two-toned plumage and a plunge-diving feeding habit.

Nazca booby (Sula granti) is a Pacific booby species well known for its documented sibling chick killing behavior.

Morus serrator, the Australasian gannet, is a large seabird found around Australia and New Zealand, with distinct plumage.

This is a detailed description of the northern gannet (Morus bassanus), covering its physical traits and North Atlantic distribution.

Cape gannet is a seabird with distinct appearance, limited southern African breeding sites, and a wide coastal non-breeding range in Africa.

Abbott's booby is the largest booby species, currently primarily breeding only on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.

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