The fossil record of boobies is not as well documented as that of gannets, either because booby speciation was lower from the late Miocene to the Pliocene (when gannet diversity was at its highest), or because the booby fossil species record is as yet incomplete, due to most localities being in continental North America or Europe despite boobies' more tropical distribution. BirdLife International (2018). " Sula variegata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22696686A132589026. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22696686A132589026.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021. 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. Olson, Storrs L. "The Fossil Record of Birds (Section X.G.5.a Sulidae)". In Farner, D.S.; King, D.S.; Parkes, K.C. (eds.). Avian Biology. Vol.8. New York: Academic Press. pp.79–238 [203–204]. hdl: 10088/6553. Archived from the original on 2021-04-10 . Retrieved 2017-11-22. Six of the ten extant Sulidae species called boobies are in the genus Sula, while the three gannet species are usually placed in the genus Morus. [7] Abbott's booby was formerly included in Sula but is now placed in a monotypic genus Papasula, which represents an ancient lineage perhaps closer to Morus. Some authorities consider that all ten species should be considered congeneric in Sula. However, they are readily distinguished by means of osteology. The distinct lineages of gannets and boobies are known to have existed in such form, since at least the Middle Miocene, c. 15 mya. [8]

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Brisson, Mathurin Jacques (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés (in French and Latin). Vol.1. Paris: Jean-Baptiste Bauche. Vol. 1 p. 60, Vol. 6 p.494. Sula, n.". Oxford English Dictionary (Onlineed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

BirdLife International (2018). " Sula leucogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22696698A132590197. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22696698A132590197.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021. The genus Sula was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. [3] The type species is the brown booby. [4] The name is derived from súla, the Old Norse and Icelandic word for the other member of the family Sulidae, the gannet. [5] BirdLife International (2018). " Sula dactylatra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22736173A132666363. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22736173A132666363.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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van Oordt, F.; Torres-Mura, J. C.; Hertel, F. (2018). "Ecomorphology and foraging behaviour of Pacific boobies". Ibis. 160 (2): 313–326. doi: 10.1111/ibi.12545. Friesen, V. L.; Anderson, D. J.; Steeves, T.E.; Jones, H.; Schreiber, E.A. (2002). "Molecular support for species status of the Nazca Booby". The Auk. 119 (3): 820–826. doi: 10.1642/0004-8038(2002)119[0820:MSFSSO]2.0.CO;2. BirdLife International (2018). " Sula nebouxii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22696683A132588719. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22696683A132588719.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021. BirdLife International (2018). " Sula granti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22728990A132659882. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22728990A132659882.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021. booby, n.". Oxford English Dictionary (Onlineed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)BirdLife International (2018). " Sula sula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22696694A132589278. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22696694A132589278.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.