The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies. Collectively called sulids, they are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar prey. The 10 species in this family are often considered congeneric in older sources, placing all in the genus Sula.

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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Sul­i­dae com­prises one genus (Sula) and nine species. Gan­nets and boo­bies are found in all but Antarc­tic oceanic re­gions. Gan­nets are dis­trib­uted through­out trop­i­cal and sub­trop­i­cal oceans …

The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies. Collectively called sulids, they are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar prey. The ten species in this family are often considered congeneric in older sources, placing all in the genus Sula.

Collectively called sulids, they are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar prey. The 10 species in this family are often considered congeneric in older sources, placing all in the genus Sula.

Mar 4, 2020 · Boobies and Gannets (Sulidae), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.sulida1.01.

They are popularly known for the clownish mating rituals of some species—most famously the Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) on the Galápagos—and for their dramatic, plunging dives into schools of fish.

Sulidae - Gannets and Boobies The Gannets are a small family, comprising two groups of oceanic birds: the gannets themselves which breed in temperate waters and the boobies, which occur in the tropics. All breed colonially and feed on fish, which they dive for. Consequently, they have a streamlined, torpedo-shaped body with a stout dagger-like ...

Sulidae is a bird family in Pelecaniformes. It includes boobies and gannets. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 …