北方鲣鸟（学名：）为鰹鳥科大鰹鳥屬下的一个种類，又名北鲣鸟或憨鲣鸟，是北大西洋最大的海鸟。
分布
北方鲣鸟主要生活在北大西洋，为候鸟随季节迁徙，冬季迁徙到美国大西洋沿岸佛罗里达州，每年五月到加拿大魁北克及附近的海岛繁殖孵卵，也生活在地中海。
特徵
成年的北方鲣鸟身长大约一米，但双翅张开后长可达1.7至1.9米，外表特徵如下：
:成年公鳥跟母鳥很像，全身為白色，頭部及頸部為黃色或橘黃色。
:亞成鳥全身為咖啡色，並有白色雜斑。
图庫
File:Morus bassanus 8.jpg|北方鲣鸟與崖海鴉，攝於黑爾戈蘭島
File:FouDeBassan5.jpg|Colony on Bonaventure Island
File:Gannet_Runde.jpg|At the Norwegian bird-island Runde
File:Sula Sgeir from the South West.jpg|Sula Sgeir showing colony and guano
File:Gannet up close.jpg|An individual at the colony on Bonaventure Island
File:St Kilda Stac Lee.jpg|Colony on Stac Lee Island, Scotland
File:Northern_gannet_keflavik_iceland.png|On kelp close to Keflavik, Iceland
File:Northern Gannet,Bonaventure.JPG|魁北克鸟岛上的鸟巢
File:Northern Gannet de l'Île-Bonaventure.JPG|一只展翅的北方鲣鸟
File:Northern Gannets, Cape St. Mary's.jpg|Colony on "Bird Rock", Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland
File:Morus-Bassanus Bass Rock.jpg|Circling above the Bass Rock, in the Firth of Forth, Scotland
File:Morus bassanus billing.jpg|Northern Gannets raise their beaks high and clatter them against each other.
Morus bassanus MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.45.1.jpg |Museum specimen
参考资料
- Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
外部链接
*[http://www.eldey.is Live camera from Eldey, Iceland]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120323183911/http://www.faroeislandsphoto.com/keyword/s%C3%BAla Northern Gannets Pictures from Faroe Islands]
- [http://blx1.bto.org/birdfacts/results/bob710.htm BTO BirdFacts - Northern Gannet]
*[http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/northern-gannet-sula-bassana Northern Gannet videos, photos & sounds] on the Internet Bird Collection
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120510171856/http://sdakotabirds.com/species_photos/northern_gannet.htm Northern Gannet Photographs] South Dakota Birds and Birding
*[http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/1600100.htm Stamps]
*[http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=northern+gannet&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Northern Gannet photo gallery] VIREO
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