Northern Gannet
Morus bassanus
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Boobies and Gannets (Sulidae)
- Order
- Suliformes
Overview
The northern gannet (Morus bassanus) is a seabird, the largest species of the gannet family, Sulidae. It is native to the coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean, breeding in Western Europe and Northeastern North America. It is the largest seabird in the northern Atlantic. The sexes are similar in appearance.
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Range and habitat
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 Mexico.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Continents
Countries
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Canada
- Cuba
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Gambia
- Greece
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Spain
- Sweden
- Syria
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Western Sahara
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Northern gannet
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
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