Northern Gannet
Morus bassanus(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Northern Gannet
The Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Sulidae (Boobies and Gannets) in the order Suliformes.
Range: breeds North Atlantic coasts from Iceland through Norway and France, and Newfoundland (southeastern Canada); ranges southward on coasts to western Mediterranean and northwestern Africa, and to Florida and northern Gulf of MexicoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Morus bassanus
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Northern Gannet
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pelecanus Bassanus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Scotland; America = Bass Rock; Scotland.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.133
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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