Where does the Northern Gannet live?
Morus bassanus has 2,162,808 records in 86 countries and territories, from 1534 to 2026. Most records come from Canada.
- 2,162,808 records
- 86 places
- 177 years recorded
- Aves class
AnimaliaChordataAvesSuliformesSulidaeMorus
When it is recorded
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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.
Where it is recorded
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 521,430 | |
| United States | 463,038 | |
| United Kingdom | 405,716 | |
| Denmark | 131,933 | |
| France | 104,222 | |
| Norway | 81,978 | |
| Portugal | 79,409 | |
| Spain | 76,703 | |
| Sweden | 72,245 | |
| Ireland | 72,175 | |
| Netherlands | 57,517 | |
| Belgium | 32,047 | |
| Isle of Man | 16,622 | |
| Germany | 13,637 | |
| Iceland | 11,740 | |
| Faroe Islands | 3,831 | |
| Italy | 3,780 | |
| Morocco | 2,693 | |
| Guernsey | 2,596 | |
| Gibraltar | 748 | |
| Jersey | 671 | |
| Senegal | 670 | |
| Israel | 430 | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 420 | |
| Poland | 377 | |
| Western Sahara | 375 | |
| Russia | 257 | |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 202 | |
| Türkiye | 195 | |
| Algeria | 190 | |
| Cabo Verde | 188 | |
| Finland | 182 | |
| Mauritania | 169 | |
| Greece | 150 | |
| Gambia | 117 | |
| Tunisia | 117 | |
| Ukraine | 98 | |
| Bermuda | 84 | |
| Croatia | 75 | |
| ZZ | 75 |
Showing the top 40 of 86 places.
Related animals
Others in the family Sulidae.
Peruvian Booby
368,712 records
Brown Booby
316,539 records
Australasian Gannet
148,552 records
Cape Gannet
132,049 records
Blue-footed Booby
75,990 records
Red-footed Booby
72,775 records
Masked
68,055 records
Abbott's Booby
932 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.