List of Birds of North Carolina - Boobies and Gannets

Boobies and Gannets

Order: Pelecaniformes. Family: Sulidae

The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish. In North Carolina, three species have been recorded.

  • Masked Booby, Sula dactylatra
  • Brown Booby, Sula leucogaster
  • Northern Gannet, Morus bassanus

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