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Juvenile. Note wedge-shaped tail that is often held closed in a point. Juveniles have a dingy belly and a dark tail.
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Northern Gannet populations appear stable in North America....
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Similar looking birds to Northern Gannet: Masked Booby...
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Nearly as large as an albatross, the Northern Gannet is sharp in every respect, with a heavy, sharp bill, pointed tail, and long slender wings. Adults are snowy white with black wingtips and a crown washed with gold.
35-40" (89-102 cm). Huge size, long pointed wings, spearlike bill, pointed tail. Adult is white with black wingtips. Juvenile all gray-brown with white speckles at first, gradually changing to adult plumage over three or four years. Size. About the size of a Heron. Color.
Large seabird of the Atlantic with long, pointed bill, wings, and tail. Adults bright white with cream-colored head and black wingtips. Takes several years to reach adult plumage; juveniles are all sooty-brown and slowly acquire more white as they mature.
Sep 21, 2021 · Forty-two juvenile northern gannets from the world’s largest colony, Bass Rock, Scotland, were equipped with solar-powered Argos-GPS PTTs in 2018 and 2019. In the same years, sixty-two adults were equipped with light-intensity geolocators.
The northern gannet (Morus bassanus) is a seabird, the largest species of the gannet family, Sulidae. It is native to the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean, breeding in Western Europe and Northeastern North America.
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Jun 3, 2016 · Younger immature gannets in the tropical Atlantic would be challenging to identify. In general, juvenile Cape Gannet is darker than juvenile Northern, especially on the underparts, but Northern is quite variable. At some molt stages, they may not be reliably distinguishable.
