Morus bassanus

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Suliformes • Familia: Sulidae • Genus: Morus (Aves) • Species: Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Northern Gannet']

• English: Northern Gannet, Gannet, northern gannet
• العربية: أطيش شمالي
• مصرى: اطيش شمالى
• asturianu: mazcatu
• azərbaycanca: Şimal oluşası
• беларуская: Олуша паўночная
• беларуская (тарашкевіца): олуша паўночная
• български: Бял рибояд
• brezhoneg: Morskoul boutin
• català: mascarell atlàntic
• čeština: terej bílý
• Cymraeg: Hugan
• dansk: Sule
• Deutsch: Basstölpel
• Esperanto: Norda sulo
• español: Alcatraz atlántico
• eesti: suula
• euskara: Zanga
• فارسی: سفیدغاز شمالی
• suomi: suula
• føroyskt: Súla
• français: Fou de Bassan, fou de bassan
• Nordfriisk: Jan-faan-Gent
• Gaeilge: Gainéad
• Gàidhlig: Sùlair
• galego: Mascato
• Gaelg: Gant
• עברית: סולה צפונית
• hrvatski: bluna
• magyar: szula
• հայերեն: Հյուսիսային խևահավ
• Bahasa Indonesia: Dendang-laut utara
• íslenska: Súla
• italiano: Sula
• 日本語: シロカツオドリ
• kernowek: Sethor
• Lëtzebuergesch: Mierdëlpes
• lietuvių: šiaurinis padūkėlis
• latviešu: ziemeļu sulla
• Bahasa Melayu: Ganet utara
• norsk bokmål: Havsule
• Plattdüütsch: Jan vun Gent
• Nederlands: Jan-van-gent, jan-van-gent
• norsk nynorsk: Havsule
• norsk: Havsule
• Diné bizaad: Taahilnoodii diniltsxooígíí
• livvinkarjala: Suulu
• Picard: Margat
• polski: głuptak (zwyczajny)
• Piemontèis: Sula bassana
• پنجابی: اتلا گینٹ
• português: alcatraz
• română: Sula bassana
• русский: Северная олуша
• Scots: Solan guiss
• davvisámegiella: Suvlá
• srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Bluna
• slovenčina: sula biela
• slovenščina: strmoglavec
• српски / srpski: Блуна
• svenska: havssula
• Türkçe: Sümsük kuşu
• українська: сула атлантична
• Tiếng Việt: Ó biển phương Bắc
• 吴语: 北方塘鹅
• 粵語: 憨鰹雀
• 中文: 北方鲣鸟

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  Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) in flight, Lummenfelsen, Heligoland, Germany
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  Morus bassanus, Northern Gannet
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  Morus bassanus, Northern Gannet
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  Morus bassanus, Young Northern Gannet
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  Morus bassanus, Northern gannet at "Zoo am Meer" in Bremerhaven
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  Morus bassanus, Northern gannet at "Zoo am Meer" in Bremerhaven
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  Morus Bassanus Buonaventura, Gapesie, Quebec, Canada
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  Northern Gannet at the norwegian birdisland Runde
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  Northern Gannets and Common Guillemots at Helgoland
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  Northern Gannets and Common Guillemots at Helgoland
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  Northern Gannets and Common Guillemots at Helgoland
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  Northern Gannets and Common Guillemots at Helgoland
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  Northern Gannets and Common Guillemots at Helgoland
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  Northern Gannets and Common Guillemots at Helgoland
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  Northern Gannets at Helgoland
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  Northern Gannet on Helgoland
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  Breeding area of Common Guillemots and Northern Gannets on Helgoland
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  Breeding area of northern gannets at Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland
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  Plunge-diving, with wings tucked behind tail before impact
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  English: Northern gannet in flight at Rouzic Island, in the national nature reserve "Les Sept-Îles" (Côtes d'Armor, Brittany, France).

  Français : fous de Bassan en vol au niveau de l'Île Rouzic , dans la réserve naturelle des Sept-Îles (Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France).
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  English: Northern gannet in flight at Rouzic Island, in the national nature reserve "Les Sept-Îles" (Côtes d'Armor, Brittany, France).

  Français : fous de Bassan en vol au niveau de l'Île Rouzic , dans la réserve naturelle des Sept-Îles (Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France).
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  English: Northern gannet in flight at Rouzic Island, in the national nature reserve "Les Sept-Îles" (Côtes d'Armor, Brittany, France).

  Français : fous de Bassan en vol au niveau de l'Île Rouzic , dans la réserve naturelle des Sept-Îles (Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France).
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  Sleep Northern gannet at Helgoland
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  Morus bassanus)at Heligoland
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  Morus Bassanus, Heligoland, May 2019
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  Northern Gannet with nest material, Heligoland
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  Northern gannets at Heligoland, May 2019
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  Morus Bassanus at Heligoland, May 2019
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  Northern gannet at Heligoland

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  Museum specimen - Grimsey, Iceland

Illustrations

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  Morus bassanus
  (common:
  Gannet)
  No. 3, from
  Bird-Lore, Vol. I No.3.
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  Faroese stamp of 1978: There, the gannet is the "King of the birds", only breeding on Mykines.

Maps

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Videos

• English: Northern gannet colony of Rouzic Island, in the national nature reserve "Les Sept-Îles" (Côtes d'Armor, Brittany, France).

  Français : Colonie de fous de Bassan de l'Île Rouzic, dans la réserve naturelle des Sept-Îles (Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France).
• English: Morus Bassanus greeting

  Deutsch: Basstölpel begrüßen sich