Blue-footed booby
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| phylum | Chordata | The Blue-footed Booby is easily recognizable by its distinctive bright blue feet, which is a sexually selected trait. Males display their feet in an elaborate mating ritual by lifting one and then the other up, while strutting before the female. Both males and females prefer mates with brighter feet and adjust their parental investment based on the attractiveness of their mate.
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| Class | Aves | |
| order | Suliformes | |
| family | Sulidae | |
| genus | Sula | |
| species | S. nebouxii |
