Northern Gannet / Morus bassanus
WBN 
Northern Gannet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pelecanus Bassanus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.133
Taxonomy: Suliformes / Sulidae / Morus
Taxonomy Code: norgan
Type Locality: Scotland; America = Bass Rock; Scotland.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MORUS
(Sulidae; Ϯ Northern Gannet M. bassanus) Gr. μωρος mōros silly, foolish; early travellers commented on the fearlessness of gannets and boobies in their breeding colonies, allowing a close approach and the opportunity to capture or kill them; "252. FOU, Morus. Pelecanus, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec fort, plus long que la tête, un peu épais, comprimé, arrondi en dessus, finement dentelé sur les bords; mandibule supérieure suturée, fléchie à la pointe. — Face nue. — Gorge expansible. Esp. Fou de Bassan, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Morus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 63. Type, by monotypy, "Fou de Bassan" Buffon = Pelecanus bassanus Linné." (Peters 1931, I, 82).
Var. Moris.
Synon. Microsula, Plancus, Sulita.
bassana / bassanus
Bass Rock, Firth of Forth, Scotland; "66. PELECANUS. ... Bassanus. 4. P. cauda cuneiformi, rostro serrato, remigibus primoribus nigris. Anser Bassanus. Will. orn. 247. t. 63. Raj. av. 122. Alb. av. 1. p. 82. t. 86. Anseri bassano congener cinereeo albus. Sloan. jam. præf. 31. t. 6. f. 1. Raj. av. 191. Habitat in Scotia, America. Magnitudo Anseris. Ad nares, supra oculos, pone sinum oris, linea lateralis sub gula, nuda. Mandibulæ scabræ, non serratæ." (Linnaeus 1758) (Morus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)
