LC
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus



Family: Sulidae (Gannets, Boobies)

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be increasing, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is very large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Population size: 1500000-1800000 mature individuals

Population trend: increasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 41,700,000 km2

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Afrotropical
Realm - Nearctic
Realm - Neotropical
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN System - Marine

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Northern Gannet Morus bassanus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/northern-gannet-morus-bassanus on 13/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 13/12/2024.