Talk:Booby

The content of this page is almost identical to Gannet - since the two are so closely related, I'd think one page for both would make better sense, with 'booby' being a redirect to 'gannet'. Anyone any comments? - MPF 21:27, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)

no problem for me, they're often considered congeneric anyway

jimfbleak 06:05, 4 Feb 2004 (UTC) (Feb 2004) there was some suggestion of merging this article with 'Gannet'. They do overlap to a large extent. Are there any further suggestions regarding such a merge? Maias 01:40, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Actually, what about merging both 'Booby' and 'Gannet' into 'Sulidae'? Maias 03:03, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

If anyone has comments for or against, please discuss at Talk:Sulidae. Maias 03:46, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

The 'Booby' is a unique bird separate from the 'Sulidae' and should have its own page. Plus "Boobies" are fun to play with. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.232.113.147 (talk) 03:44, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Salt

What is the origin of the statement "Salt on the booby's tail" Drutt (talk) 22:41, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Contradiction pointed out by unregistered editor

The article states: "Five of the six extant Sulidae species called boobies are in the genus Sula". However, an unregistered editor has correctly pointed out that there is an infobox that lists six species called "Booby", all of which appear to be in this genus. Could somebody with more knowledge of ornithology clear this up? Kansan (talk) 23:02, 29 March 2011 (UTC)