Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Order Pelecaniformes > Family Sulidae > Genus Morus

Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Morus*	Vieillot, 1816	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pelecanus bassanus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Sula bassana*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: sule sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: Jan van Gent; Jan-van-Gent sources: Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: gannet; northern gannet sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

French: fou de bassan sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Basstölpel sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Greek: Βόρεια σούλα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: šiaurinis padūkėlis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: havsule sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: havsule sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: głuptak sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: олуш sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: gainéad sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: strmoglavec sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: alcatraz atlántico sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: havssula sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: sümsük kuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Олуша північна; Північна олуша sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: hugan

Literature

basis of record	Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.