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northern gannet
bird
Also known as: Morus bassanus, Sula bassana, solan goose
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- In gannet
…species is the 100-cm (40-inch) northern gannet, Morus bassanus (or Sula bassana), sometimes called solan goose; it breeds on islands in Canada, Greenland, Iceland, and northeastern Europe, wintering to the Gulf of Mexico, Morocco, and the Mediterranean. The two slightly smaller southern species are the Cape gannet (M. capensis), which…
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migration patterns
- In migration: In coastal and pelagic regions
Gannets (Sula bassana) nesting around the British Isles spread in winter along the Atlantic coast of Europe and Africa to Senegal, the young travelling farther than the adults. Pelagic birds, most of which belong to the order Procellariiformes (petrels and
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