List of Southern African Birds - Boobies and Gannets

Boobies and Gannets

Order: Pelecaniformes. Family: Sulidae

The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies with only boobies occurring in Southern Africa. Both groups are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish. There are eight species worldwide and four species in Southern Africa.

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