Birds of the World

    SULIFORMES: Sulidae (Gannets, Boobies)  
Genus: Morus (3 species)


Northern Gannet
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Range: AO: islands off subarctic, n temperate coasts of North Atlantic Ocean: Iceland, Faroe Is., British Isles, nw France and n Norway (e North Atlantic); Gulf of St. Lawrence and Atlantic coast of Newfoundland (se Canada, w North Atlantic)
Helgoland, Germany  
   
Photograph by Andreas Trepte     Copyright and usage info


Cape Gannet
Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) Endangered
Range: AF: islands off Namibia and s Africa
South Africa  
   
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.

A gannet found around the southern part of Africa, but with a few records along the east coast of South America.

Australasian Gannet
Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)
Range: AU: islets off sw Australia, Bass Strait and Tasmania, Philip I. (Norfolk group, e of Australia) and North and South Is. (New Zealand)
East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia  
   
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info



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