Species group · Birds
Gannets
WAnimals has 2 species of gannet, in the family Sulidae.
- 2 species
- 1 family
- 34 countries
- 39 parks
- Weight
- 2.2 kg – 3.6 kg
- Length
- 84 cm – 1 m
- Lifespan
- 15 – 25 years
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.
All 2 species of gannets on WAnimals
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
1 Least Concern1 Endangered
1 species in this group is in a threatened category according to the IUCN.
Where they live
Recorded in 34 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
Did you know…?
It forms monogamous pairs for life and returns faithfully to the colony where it hatched to breed.
From Northern Gannet
It eats herring, sandeel, cod and other fish caught by plunge-diving.
From Northern Gannet
It lives on coastal cliffs and islands of the North Atlantic.
From Northern Gannet
It dives from thirty metres and hits the water at more than a hundred kilometres an hour: air sacs under the skin of the neck and breast cushion the impact, and its nostrils are closed internally, opening instead into the mouth.
From Cape Gannet
Its decline is a direct indicator of fisheries collapse: the population has fallen along with the sardine of the Benguela Current, and the birds have had to replace it with prey of lower nutritional value.
From Cape Gannet