PHB, p91:
Choose a type of favored enemy: aberrations, beasts, celestials, constructs, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, giants, monstrosities, oozes, plants, or undead. Alternatively, you can select two races of humanoid (such as gnolls and orcs) as favored enemies.
My ranger is familiar with goblinoids. Can I choose that as a single type? Can I choose it as one of two humanoid types? Or do I need to choose specific goblinoids, say goblins and hobgoblins?
Best Answer
You can choose them as a humanoid race.
Goblinoids are considered a humanoid race. We can verify this by looking at their stat blocks in the Monster Manual.
Goblins themselves share the same trait.
As a result, you can pick goblinoids as a race of humanoid, and then select a second humanoid race as well.