Morus Bassanus Bird

English Name:  Northern Gannet
Latin Name:  Morus bassanus
Protonym:  Pelecanus Bassanus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.133
Taxonomy:  Suliformes / Sulidae / Morus
Taxonomy Code:  norgan
Type Locality:  Scotland; America = Bass Rock; Scotland.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MORUS
(Sulidae; Ϯ Northern Gannet M. bassanus) Gr. μωρος mōros  silly, foolish; early travellers commented on the fearlessness of gannets and boobies in their breeding colonies, allowing a close approach and the opportunity to capture or kill them; "252. FOU, Morus.  Pelecanus, Linn. Gm. Lath.  Bec fort, plus long que la tête, un peu épais, comprimé, arrondi en dessus, finement dentelé sur les bords; mandibule supérieure suturée, fléchie à la pointe. — Face nue. — Gorge expansible.   Esp. Fou de Bassan, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Morus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 63. Type, by monotypy, "Fou de Bassan" Buffon = Pelecanus bassanus Linné." (Peters 1931, I, 82).  
Var. Moris.
Synon. Microsula, Plancus, Sulita.

bassana / bassanus
Bass Rock, Firth of Forth, Scotland; "66. PELECANUS.  ...  Bassanus.  4. P. cauda cuneiformi, rostro serrato, remigibus primoribus nigris.  Anser Bassanus. Will. orn. 247. t. 63. Raj. av. 122. Alb. av. 1. p. 82. t. 86. Anseri bassano congener cinereeo albus. Sloan. jam. præf. 31. t. 6. f. 1. Raj. av. 191.  Habitat in Scotia, America.  Magnitudo Anseris. Ad nares, supra oculos, pone sinum oris, linea lateralis sub gula, nuda.  Mandibulæ scabræ, non serratæ." (Linnaeus 1758) (Morus).