Northern Gannet - Morus bassanus

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Morus bassanus
Author (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 174712
Common Names English: Northern Gannet
French: Fou de Bassan
Spanish: Bobo norteƱo
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Suliformes
          Family: Sulidae
            Genus: Morus
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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ITIS#174712
StatusIUCN:LC
#records9,440
#datasets22
Years1965 - 2005
Latitudes-23.33 - 66.52
Longitudes-97.79 - 14.50