Booby
| Booby Temporal range: Miocene (Langhian) – recent | |
|---|---|
| Blue-footed booby displaying by raising a foot | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Suliformes |
| Family: | Sulidae |
| Genus: | Sula Brisson, 1760 |
| Type species | |
| Pelecanus leucogaster Boddaert, 1783 | |
A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the family Sulidae. Boobies are closely related to the gannets (Morus), which were formerly included in Sula.