List of Birds of Ecuador - Boobies and Gannets

Boobies and Gannets

Order: Pelecaniformes. Family: Sulidae

The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups comprise medium-to-large coastal sea-birds that plunge-dive for fish. There are 6 species which have been recorded in Ecuador.

  • Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
  • Peruvian Booby Sula variegata
  • Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
  • Nazca Booby Sula granti
  • Red-footed Booby Sula sula
  • Brown Booby Sula leucogaster

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