List of Birds of Massachusetts - Boobies and Gannets

Boobies and Gannets

Order: Suliformes. Family: Sulidae

The Sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish. In Massachusetts, two species have been recorded.

  • Brown Booby, Sula leucogaster (R)
  • Northern Gannet, Morus bassanus

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