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Northern Gannet
Morus bassanus · Family Sulidae
Morus bassanus
Family Sulidae
- Order
- Suliformes
- Family
- Sulidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,167,519
- Countries and territories with records
- 88
About this species
This species has 2,167,519 occurrence records from 88 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Canada (24.1%), the United States (21.4%), the United Kingdom (18.7%), Denmark (6.1%) and France (4.8%); together they account for 75.1% of the total. In Canada, this species accounts for 0.3% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Morus bassanus combines the genus name Morus with the species epithet bassanus. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Morus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Morus serrator and Morus capensis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 10 species of the family Sulidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 6.4 times the family average (339,265). The family Sulidae belongs to the order Suliformes, which has 48 species in the Warbla app catalog.