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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Pelecaniformes > Family: Sulidae > Genus: Morus > Species: Morus bassanus

Gannet - Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 2 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	75 are designated for this species
Natura 2000 species code	A016

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
DK00VA347	Denmark	Sydlige Nordsø	Map
ES0000197	Spain	Acantilados del Monte Hacho	Map
ES1110005	Spain	Costa da Morte	Map
ES6310001	Spain	Calamocarro-Benzú	Map
FR2310045	France	Littoral seino-marin	Map
FR2510037	France	Chausey	Map
FR2510047	France	Baie de Seine occidentale	Map
FR2512001	France	Littoral augeron	Map
FR3110085	France	Cap Gris-Nez	Map
FR5310011	France	Cote de Granit Rose-Sept Iles	Map
FR5310055	France	Cap Sizun	Map
FR5310056	France	Baie d'Audierne	Map
FR5310057	France	Archipel de Glenan	Map
FR5310071	France	Rade de Brest : Baie de Daoulas, Anse de Poulmic	Map
FR5310072	France	Ouessant-Molène	Map
FR5310073	France	Baie de Morlaix	Map
FR5310074	France	Baie de Vilaine	Map
FR5310092	France	Rivière de Pénerf	Map
FR5310093	France	Baie de Quiberon	Map
FR5310095	France	Cap d'Erquy-Cap Fréhel	Map
FR9310019	France	Camargue	Map
FR9310020	France	Iles d'Hyères	Map
FR9312007	France	Iles Marseillaises - Cassidaigne	Map
FR9410096	France	Iles Sanguinaires, golfe d'Ajaccio	Map
IE0000707	Ireland	Saltee Islands SAC	Map
IE0002193	Ireland	Ireland's Eye SAC	Map
IE0002243	Ireland	Clare Island Cliffs SAC	Map
IE0004002	Ireland	Saltee Islands SPA	Map
IE0004007	Ireland	Skelligs SPA	Map
IE0004066	Ireland	The Bull and The Cow Rocks SPA	Map
IE0004117	Ireland	Ireland's Eye SPA	Map
ITA010002	Italy	Isola di Marettimo	Map
ITA010003	Italy	Isola di Levanzo	Map
ITA020010	Italy	Isola di Ustica	Map
ITA050001	Italy	Biviere e Macconi di Gela	Map
PTZPE0009	Portugal	Ilhas Berlengas	Map
PTZPE0015	Portugal	Costa Sudoeste	Map
PTZPE0050	Portugal	Cabo Espichel	Map
DE1813491	Germany	Seevogelschutzgebiet Helgoland	Map
IT9210160	Italy	Isola di S. Ianni e Costa Prospiciente	Map
PTCON0010	Portugal	Arrábida / Espichel	Map
DE1209301	Germany	Sylter Außenriff	Map
ES6310002	Spain	Zona marítimo-terrestre del Monte Hacho	Map
ITA010027	Italy	Arcipelago delle Egadi - area marina e terrestre	Map
DE2104301	Germany	Borkum-Riffgrund	Map
ES6320001	Spain	Zona marítimo terrestre de los acantilados de Aguadú	Map
DE1011401	Germany	SPA Östliche Deutsche Bucht	Map
IT9320302	Italy	Marchesato e Fiume Neto	Map
ITA050011	Italy	Torre Manfria	Map
IT9310044	Italy	Foce del Fiume Crati	Map
FR7212013	France	Estuaire de la Bidassoa et baie de Fontarabie	Map
IT9220090	Italy	Costa Ionica Foce Bradano	Map
PTCON0008	Portugal	Sintra / Cascais	Map
DE1003301	Germany	Doggerbank	Map
FR5312010	France	Dunes et côtes de Trévignon	Map
FR5212014	France	Estuaire de la Loire - Baie de Bourgneuf	Map
FR7212016	France	Panache de la Gironde	Map
FR9112034	France	Cap Bear- cap Cerbère	Map
FR7212019	France	Tête de Canyon du Cap Ferret	Map
FR5312009	France	Roches de Penmarc'h	Map
FR5212015	France	Secteur marin de l'île d'Yeu jusqu'au continent	Map
FR5312011	France	Iles Houat-Hoedic	Map
FR5212013	France	Mor Braz	Map
FR5412026	France	Pertuis charentais - Rochebonne	Map
IE0004136	Ireland	Clare Island SPA	Map
FR7212018	France	Bassin d'Arcachon et banc d'Arguin	Map
FR7212017	France	Au droit de l'étang d'Hourtin-Carcans	Map
FR3112006	France	Bancs des Flandres	Map
PTZPE0060	Portugal	Aveiro/ Nazaré	Map
PTZPE0061	Portugal	Cabo Raso	Map
FR2512005	France	Nord Bretagne DO	Map
FR5212016	France	Mers Celtiques - Talus du golfe de Gascogne	Map
FR9412011	France	Oiseaux marins de l'Agriate	Map
FR9112038	France	Oiseaux marins sud golfe du Lion	Map
NL2021168	Netherlands	Bruine Bank	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	(Sula bassana)	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
	This species is not mentioned in the annexes, but it is covered by the general protection regime provided by Article 1 of the Directive to all species of birds naturally occurring in the wild state in the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies.
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species (All species of Birds not included in Appendix II)	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds. Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (AEWA)	Annex II: Waterbird species to which the Agreement applies (Sula bassana)	http://www.migratoryspecies....ent/about-cms-family http://www.unep-aewa.org/en/legalinstrument/aewa

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Alcatraz Atlántico	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Baßtölpel	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Fou de Bassan	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Gannet	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Ganso-patola-comum	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Havssula	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Jan van Gent	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Sula	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Suula	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Szula	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Terej bílý	Czech	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
Sula bassana	(Linnaeus, 1758)
All species of Birds not included in Appendix II

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

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