Northern Gannet Morus bassanus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (43)
- Monotypic
Thomas B. Mowbray
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Basani i cmendur |
| Arabic | أطيش شمالي |
| Asturian | Mazcatu atlñnticu |
| Basque | Zanga arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Бял рибояд |
| Catalan | mascarell atlàntic |
| Croatian | bluna |
| Czech | terej bílý |
| Danish | Sule |
| Dutch | Jan-van-gent |
| English | Northern Gannet |
| English (United States) | Northern Gannet |
| Faroese | Súla |
| Finnish | suula |
| French | Fou de Bassan |
| French (France) | Fou de Bassan |
| Galician | Mascato común |
| German | Basstölpel |
| Greek | Σούλα (του Βορρά) |
| Hebrew | סולה מצויה |
| Hungarian | Szula |
| Icelandic | Súla |
| Italian | Sula |
| Japanese | シロカツオドリ |
| Latvian | Ziemeļu sulla |
| Lithuanian | Šiaurinis padūkėlis |
| Norwegian | havsule |
| Polish | głuptak |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | atobá-boreal |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Alcatraz |
| Romanian | Corb de mare |
| Russian | Северная олуша |
| Serbian | Obična bluna |
| Slovak | sula biela |
| Slovenian | Strmoglavec |
| Spanish | Alcatraz Atlántico |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Pájaro bobo del norte |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Bobo Norteño |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Alcatraz Atlántico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Alcatraz atlántico |
| Swedish | havssula |
| Turkish | Sümsük |
| Ukrainian | Сула атлантична |
Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Pelecanus Bassanus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.133.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Scotland; America = Bass Rock; Scotland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MORUS
- bassana / bassanus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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Distribution of the Northern Gannet
