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Blue-footed Booby - Definition and Overview

Blue-footed Booby
Blue Footed Booby
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Pelecaniformes
Family::Sulidae
Genus: Sula
Species: nebouxii
Binomial name
Sula nebouxii
Milne-Edwards, 1882

The Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) is a bird in the Sulidae family which comprises ten species of long-winged seabirds.

The natural breeding habitat of the Blue-footed Booby is arid, tropical and subtropical islands off the Pacific coast of South America from Peru to Mexico including, most famously, the Galapagos.

The Blue-footed Booby's diet consists entirely of fish. The birds dive into the ocean and swim underwater in pursuit of their prey.

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