List of birds of North America (Suliformes)

The birds listed below all belong to the biological order Suliformes, and are native to North America.

Frigatebirds
Order: SuliformesFamily: Fregatidae

Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black or black and white, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have colored inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week.

Great frigatebird, Fregata minor 
Lesser frigatebird, Fregata ariel (A) 
Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens

Boobies and gannets

Order: SuliformesFamily: Sulidae

The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish.

Blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii 
Brown booby, Sula leucogaster 
Masked booby, Sula dactylatra 
Nazca booby, Sula granti 
Northern gannet, Morus bassanus 
Peruvian booby, Sula variegata (A) 
Red-footed booby, Sula sula

Cormorants

Order: SuliformesFamily: Phalacrocoracidae

Cormorants are medium-to-large aquatic birds, usually with mainly dark plumage and areas of colored skin on the face. The bill is long, thin and sharply hooked. Their feet are four-toed and webbed, a distinguishing feature among the Pelecaniformes order

Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus 
Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus 
Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo 
Guanay cormorant, Phalacrocorax bougainvillii (C) 
Neotropic cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus 
Pelagic cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus 
Red-faced cormorant, Phalacrocorax urile

Darters
Order: SuliformesFamily: Anhingidae

Darters are cormorant-like water birds with very long necks and long, straight beaks. They are fish eaters which often swim with only their neck above the water.

Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga 

 
Category:Lists of birds of North America