北方塘鹅
北方塘鹅 | ||||||||||||||
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一對北方塘鹅,攝於黑爾戈蘭島 | ||||||||||||||
保护状况 | ||||||||||||||
无危(IUCN 3.1)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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二名法 | ||||||||||||||
Morus bassanus Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||||||
北方塘鵝的分布範圍 | ||||||||||||||
異名 | ||||||||||||||
Sula bassana |
北方塘鹅(学名:Morus bassanus),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。
目录
1 分布
2 特徵
3 图庫
4 参考资料
5 外部链接
分布
北方塘鵝的繁殖地(紅色圓點)[2]
北方塘鹅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
成年的北方塘鹅身长大约一米,但双翅张开后长可达1.7至1.9米[3],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

北方塘鵝與崖海鴉,攝於黑爾戈蘭島

Colony on Bonaventure Island

At the Norwegian bird-island Runde

Sula Sgeir showing colony and guano

An individual at the colony on Bonaventure Island

Colony on Stac Lee Island, Scotland

On kelp close to Keflavik, Iceland
魁北克鸟岛上的鸟巢
一只展翅的北方塘鹅

Colony on "Bird Rock", Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland

Circling above the Bass Rock, in the Firth of Forth, Scotland

Northern Gannets raise their beaks high and clatter them against each other.
参考资料
^ BirdLife International. Morus bassanus. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2012 [26 November 2013].
^ Cramp, Stanley., K. E. L. Simmons. Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic. 1977. ISBN 0-19-857358-8.
^ Mullarney, K., Svensson, L., Zetterstrom, D., & Grant, P.J. Collins Bird Guide. 1999.
Morus bassanus. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2004. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
外部链接
维基共享资源中相关的多媒体资源:Northern Gannet |
- Live camera from Eldey, Iceland
- Northern Gannets Pictures from Faroe Islands
- BTO BirdFacts - Northern Gannet
Northern Gannet videos, photos & sounds on the Internet Bird Collection
Northern Gannet Photographs South Dakota Birds and Birding- Stamps
Northern Gannet photo gallery VIREO