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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Birds
  5. Gannets, Cormorants, and Allies
  6. Boobies and Gannets
  7. Typical Boobies

genus

Typical Boobies

Sula

Includes
4 native 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the family Sulidae. Boobies are closely related to the gannets (Morus), which were formerly included in Sula.

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  • Blue-footed Booby native
  • Brown Booby native
  • Red-footed Booby native
  • Cocos Booby present
  • Nazca Booby present
  • Masked Booby native
  • Cocos × Blue-footed Booby

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native typical boobies All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii 9,857 observations
  • Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 9,703 observations
  • Red-footed Booby Sula sula 7,491 observations
  • Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 3,045 observations

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