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
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Suliformes
          Family: Sulidae
            Genus: Morus
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

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Physical Description / Field Identification

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ITIS TSN174712
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
    LC (Global)
    LC (Europe)
#records (spatial)237,983
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets44
Year1965 - 2021
Latitude1.25 - 75.12
Longitude-95.92 - 51.83
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