A Gannet by any other name....

Latin Name, Morus bassanus = Silly (of) Bass Rock. formally Sula bassana Other names include as follows;
Locally, Solan Goose,
Gaelic: Sùlaire, Welsh: Hugan, Danish: Sule , Dutch: Jan van Gent , Finnish: Suula, French: Fou de Bassan, German: Baßtölpel, Hungarian: Szula, Icelandic: Súla, Irish: Gainéad, Italian: Sula, Norwegian: Havsule,
Polish: Gluptak zwyczajny, Portuguese: Ganso-patola-comum, Spanish: Alcatraz, Swedish: Havssula
And to Lewismen from the Outer Hebrides : Guga (or lunch)

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