Booby

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A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, in the order Suliformes. Boobies are large birds with long pointed wings and bills. They hunt fish and squid by diving into the sea and chasing their prey underwater. Facial air sacs under their skin help protect the impact with the water. Boobies get their name because of their lack of fear of humans. Early mariners named them boobies to denote their believed lack of intelligence.^[1]

Booby
A blue footed booby
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Suliformes
Family:	Sulidae
Genus:	Sula
Type species
Sula sula

Speceis

• Blue footed booby (Sula nebouxii)
• Brown booby (Sula leucogaster)
• Peruvian booby
• Cocos booby (Sula brewsteri)
• Red-footed booby (Sula Sula)
• Masked booby (Sula dactylatra)
• Nazca booby (Sula granti)