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Family: Sulidae (gannets and boobies)
Life
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Opisthokonta
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Deuterostomia > Chordata >
Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) > Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
vertebrates) > Tetrapoda
(four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Reptilia (reptiles) >
Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria >
Dinosauria
(dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) >
Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
(birds) > Order: Ciconiiformes
Species indigenous to southern Africa
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Morus capensis (Cape gannet)
The common gannet found around the southern African
coast. |
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Morus serrator (Australian
gannet)
Vagrant to southern Africa. |
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Sula leucogaster (Brown booby)
Vagrant in southern Africa, recorded mainly off
coast of northern KwaZulu-Natal and has also been recorded off the coast
of Namibia. |
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Sula sula (Red-footed booby)
Vagrant in southern Africa. |
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