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The '''booby''' is a large seabird, similar to the [[gannet]]. The main differences are that boobies rest on land, and gannets at sea, and that boobies are birds of the [[tropics]] and subtropics where as gannets live near the [[Arctic]] and [[Antarctic]]. They are about the size of a [[goose]]. They catch fish by diving into the sea to catch them. Boobies nest in colonies on remote islands where their chicks are safe from predators.
There are four species found in American waters:
[[Image:Blue-footed booby.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Blue-footed booby]]
*[[Blue-footed Booby]] - breeds on islands off California and [[Mexico]], but can stray to the [[Salton Sea]], [[Arizona]] and [[Texas]].
*[[Red-footed Booby]] - a rare visitor to the [[Dry Tortugas]] and [[California]]. This, at 28 inches, is the smallest species.
*[[Brown Booby]] - also a rare visitor to both coasts of the mainland United States, but it nests in the [[Baja California]] region.
[[Image:Masked boobies.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Nasca boobies]]
*[[Masked Booby]] - breeds on the Dry Tortugas but often strays to southern coasts. This is the largest of the Boobies at 32 inches in length.
*[[Nazca Booby]] - A species of Booby similiar to Masked Boobies and native to the Galapagos. Untill recently it was believed to be the same species as the Masked Booby.
==Source==
*''National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America'' (National Geographic 2002)
[[Category:birds]]