List of Birds of New Jersey - 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. There are 3 New Jersey species.

  • Masked Booby Sula dactylatra (A)
  • Brown Booby Sula leucogaster (A)
  • Northern Gannet Morus bassanus

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