The Masked Booby is the largest booby in the world, an all-white seabird with black wings, a yellow bill, and a black facial mask. It occasionally appears in the Gulf of Mexico and off both coasts. Like all boobies, it plunge-dives from height to catch fish. Its 'booby' name comes from the Spanish 'bobo' meaning fool, for its habit of landing on ships.
Habitat
Tropical open ocean and offshore islands
Diet
Flying fish and squid
How common
Rare
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