The Boobies are in the Order Pelecaniformes and Family of Sulidae comprising the gannets and boobies and Genus of Sialia. This Genus contains the six species of boobies shown below. To open a species folder click on it under the fine line in the light blue section above.

The species with photographs in this folder are highlighted in red.

For details about the individual birds click on the common names in blue. This will take you to the corresponding Wikipedia page. However, to get back you will have to click on the Bobwhite Northern folder and then Boobies.

Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
Red-footed Booby Sula sula
Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
Nazca Booby Sula granti
Abbott's Booby Papasula abbotti
Peruvian Booby, Sula variegata