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Red-footed Booby

Sula sula ORDER: SULIFORMES FAMILY: SULIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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The smallest of the boobies, the Red-footed Booby is an uncommon visitor to the mainland United States. It is seen only rarely off the California coast and at sea off southern Florida, and it breeds in the Hawaiian Islands.

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