page_title: List of birds of the United States
section_title: Boobies and gannets
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of the United States / Boobies and gannets
context_page_description: This list of birds of the United States is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species confirmed in the United States as of July, 2019. It includes species from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territories.
  The birds of the continental United States most closely resemble those of Eurasia, which was connected to the continent as part of the supercontinent Laurasia until around 60 million years ago. Many groups occur throughout the Northern Hemisphere and worldwide. However some groups unique to the New World have also arisen; those represented in this list are the hummingbirds, the New World vultures, the New World quail, the tyrant flycatchers, the vireos, the mimids, the New World warblers, the tanagers, the cardinals, and the icterids.
  Several common birds in the United States, such as the house sparrow, the rock pigeon, the European starling, and the mute swan are introduced species, meaning that they are not native to this continent but were brought here by humans. Introduced species are marked on this list as (I). In addition, many non-native species which have individual escapees or small feral populations in North America are not on this list.
context_section_description: Order: Suliformes   Family: Sulidae
  The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish.
  Masked booby, Sula dactylatra LC
  Nazca booby, Sula granti (C) LC
  Blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii (C) LC
  Brown booby, Sula leucogaster LC
  Red-footed booby, Sula sula LC
  Abbott's booby, Papasula abbotti (Northern Mariana Islands) (A) EN
  Northern gannet, Morus bassanus LC
caption: Blue-footed booby
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