northern gannet

E123547

The northern gannet is a large seabird of the North Atlantic known for its striking white plumage with black wingtips and spectacular high-speed plunge-diving for fish.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
northern gannet canonical 6
Northern gannet 2
Atlantic gannet 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf animal ⓘ
bird species ⓘ
seabird ⓘ
adaptation air sacs in face and chest for impact cushioning ⓘ
forward-pointing eyes for binocular vision ⓘ
streamlined body for diving ⓘ
averageMass about 2.3–3.6 kg ⓘ
billColor pale blue-grey bill ⓘ
binomialName Morus bassanus ⓘ
bodyLength about 87–100 cm ⓘ
breedsIn British Isles ⓘ
Faroe Islands ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
North Atlantic ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
eastern Canada ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Canada

western France ⓘ
linked to: Western France
class Aves ⓘ
clutchSize usually one egg ⓘ
commonName Atlantic gannet ⓘ
linked to: northern gannet

northern gannet ⓘ
describedBy Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
describedInYear 1758 ⓘ
diet fish ⓘ
squid ⓘ
distributionHemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
diveHeight up to about 30 m ⓘ
diveSpeed high-speed plunge ⓘ
eyeFeature pale blue eyes with dark ring ⓘ
family Sulidae ⓘ
foragingStrategy plunge-diving ⓘ
genus Morus ⓘ
habitat coastal waters ⓘ
offshore islands ⓘ
open ocean ⓘ
headColor buff-yellow tinge in adults ⓘ
incubationBy both parents ⓘ
iucnStatus Least Concern ⓘ
iucnStatusSystem IUCN Red List ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifespan over 20 years in the wild ⓘ
migratesTo Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
west Africa ⓘ
western Atlantic coasts ⓘ
nativeTo North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
nestType ground nest on cliffs ⓘ
notableColony Bass Rock, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Bass Rock

Cape St. Mary’s, Newfoundland ⓘ
linked to: Cape St. Mary’s

St Kilda, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: St Kilda
order Suliformes ⓘ
parentalCare biparental ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
plumageColor white ⓘ
plumageFeature black wingtips ⓘ
primaryOcean Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
socialBehavior colonial breeder ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
threat entanglement in fishing gear ⓘ
oil pollution ⓘ
overfishing of prey ⓘ
plastic pollution ⓘ
vocalization harsh, loud calls at colonies ⓘ
wingspan about 165–180 cm ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St Kilda → notableSpecies → northern gannet ⓘ
Outer Firth of Forth islands → majorFauna → Northern gannet ⓘ
linked to: northern gannet
northern gannet → commonName → Atlantic gannet ⓘ
linked to: northern gannet
Dùn → hasFauna → northern gannet ⓘ
Mykines → birdSpecies → northern gannet ⓘ
Lange Anna → isHabitatFor → northern gannet ⓘ
subject linked to: Lange Anna sea stack
Cape St. Mary’s → hasWildlife → Northern gannet ⓘ
linked to: northern gannet
Morus bassanus → commonName → Northern Gannet ⓘ
linked to: northern gannet