Species group · Birds
Gannets
WAnimals has 2 species of gannet, all 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 entries that record the figure, not from all 2.
All 2 species of gannets on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
1 especies in this group están en alguna categoría de riesgo real según la UICN.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 34 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
- Acadia1 species
- Addo Elephant1 species
- Agulhas1 species
- Archipiélago de Mingan1 species
- Bontebok1 species
- Burren1 species
- Calzada del Gigante1 species
- Cape Breton Highlands1 species
- Cape Cod1 species
- Connemara1 species
- Costa de Dorset y Devon Oriental1 species
- Costa de los Esqueletos1 species
- Skellig Islandsdiving
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