The Blue-footed Booby is famous for its brilliant turquoise-blue feet, which play a central role in courtship — males strut to show off their feet and bluer-footed males are preferred by females. It breeds on islands off Baja California and occasionally appears along the California coast and the Salton Sea.
Habitat
Rocky Pacific islands; rare vagrant to the Salton Sea and California coast
Diet
Fish caught by plunge-diving in groups
How common
Rare
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