The blue-footed booby is a comical-looking tropical seabird with bright blue webbed feet and bluish-grey facial skin. The head of the bird is a pale cinnamon-brown with dense white streaks. On the back of the neck, there is a white patch where the neck connects to the mantle. A booby has long, brown, pointed wings that can measure an average152 cm across. The lower breast , central tail feathers, and underparts are white. Its blue tapered bill has serrated edges that enables the bird to tightly grasp fish.

Average mass: 1530 g.