Blue-footed Booby
Sula nebouxii

Family | Boobies and Gannets |
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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. In some years, small numbers stray north into the southwestern United States, mainly to the Salton Sea, California.
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Illustration © David Allen Sibley.
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Usually silent; trumpeting and whistling noises on breeding grounds.Learn more about this sound collection.