The Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus, formerly Sula bassana) is a large seabird of the gannet family.

The eye is light blue, and it is surrounded by bare, black skin.

They are migratory and most winter at sea, heading further south in the Atlantic.

The population of Northern Gannets is not very large as seabird populations go. There are approximately 87 900 breeding Gannets on the Atlantic coast of North America, all of which nest at six colonies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and along the east coast of Newfoundland. Once their young leave the nest, the gannets return south and disperse along the coast from New England to the Gulf of Mexico.

Three of the six Canadian gannetries are in Newfoundland and Labrador: one on Funk Island (more than 6 000 pairs), one on Cape St. Mary’s (6 500 pairs), and one on Baccalieu Island (675 pairs).

The other three are in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Quebec: one on Bonaventure Island (more than 24 000 pairs), one on Bird Rocks in the Magdalen Islands—which was probably once the largest gannet colony in the world—(66 000 pairs), and one on Falaise aux Goélands colony in the northeast sector of Anticosti Island (155 pairs).

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