Northern gannet - Morus bassanus
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
| Scientific Name |
Morus bassanus |
| Author |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Taxonomic Rank |
Species |
| Taxonomic # |
174712 |
| Common Names |
French: Fou de Bassan
Portuguese: ganso-patola-do-atlântico
Spanish: Alcatraz atlántico
English: Northern Gannet
Spanish: Bobo norteño
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| Current Standing |
valid |
| Taxonomic Parents |
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: Sulidae
Genus: Morus
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| Synonyms (since 1950) |
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Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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| ITIS TSN | 174712 |
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Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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LC (Global)
LC (Europe) |
| #records (spatial) | 246,464 |
| #records (non-spatial) | 16 |
| #datasets | 47 |
| Year | 1965 - 2025 |
| Latitude | 1.25 - 75.12 |
| Longitude | -95.92 - 51.83 |
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