Booby Temporal range: Miocene (Langhian) – recent[1]
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Blue-footed booby displaying by raising a foot | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Suliformes |
Family: | Sulidae |
Genus: | Sula Brisson, 1760 |
Type species | |
Pelecanus leucogaster Boddaert, 1783
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Cladogram showing the species in the genus Sula.[2] |
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.