Burung laut (Seabirds)
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanus
- langka
- 90 km/h
- Risiko rendah
A North Atlantic dive-bomber that folds into a feathered spear and slams into the sea after fish. Intense from every angle.
- Populasi
- Global estimates range from ~950,000–1,200,000 to ~1.5–1.8 million mature individuals, increasing
- Habitat
- Marine and coastal: breeds colonially on sea cliffs and rocky offshore islands, forages over open pelagic ocean and shoaling fish, ranging far out to sea outside the breeding season
- Fakta menarik
- Northern Gannets plunge-dive from heights up to 30 m and can hit the water at speeds around 100 km/h, aided by air sacs beneath their skin that cushion the impact.
- Sebaran
- North Atlantic on both sides: breeding colonies in eastern Canada (Quebec's Gulf of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland), Iceland, the UK and Ireland, France, Norway, and northwest Russia (Kola Peninsula); winters and disperses south along Atlantic coasts (US mid-Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, West Africa) and into the Mediterranean
- Makanan
- Primarily small-to-medium shoaling pelagic fish (herring, mackerel, sardines, anchovies, sand eels, capelin), caught via spectacular plunge-diving; occasionally squid
- Ukuran
- 0,94 m
- Bentang sayap
- 1,75 m
- Masa hidup
- 17 tahun
