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- Blue-footed booby - Wikipedia
The blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) is a marine bird native to subtropical and tropical regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean It is one of six species of the genus Sula – known as boobies
- Why Do Blue-Footed Boobies Have Blue Feet? | World Wildlife Fund
Learn fascinating facts about blue-footed boobies, including why their feet are blue and other unique behaviors of these coastal birds
- Blue-footed Booby - All About Birds
The Blue-footed Booby has captivated the human imagination for centuries with its mating display, in which its vivid baby-blue feet play a key role The other part of the name—booby—is reportedly taken from the Spanish for “stupid,” (“bobo”) and refers to these birds’ tameness around people
- Blue-footed Booby | Audubon Field Guide
Often shown in documentaries about the Galapagos, where pairs bow and shuffle and show off their blue feet, the Blue-footed Booby also nests as far north as western Mexico
- Blue-footed booby | Habitat, Dance, Diet, Facts | Britannica
The blue-footed booby is a large seabird inhabiting arid islands and coastal areas along the eastern Pacific Ocean from Baja California in Mexico south to Peru The species is distinguished from the cormorants, gannets, and other boobies classified in the family Sulidae by its blue webbed feet
- Blue-footed Booby - eBird
Adult has streaky brown-and-white neck and bright blue feet Immature has dusky brownish head and neck and grayish feet All plumages told from Brown Booby by white at the base and tip of the tail Typically flies and soars fairly high up Feeds by spectacular, steep-angle plunge-dives
- Blue-Footed Booby - National Geographic
These boobies live off the western coasts of Central and South America The Galápagos Islands population includes about half of all breeding pairs of blue-footed boobies
- Blue-footed Booby - Oceana
Donning a comical appearance, these tropical seabirds sport a striking look with bright blue webbed feet and blue-grey facial skin! Blue-footed boobies are found off the western coast of North and South America, from California to Peru, including in the Galapagos Islands
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