Arctic Loon: Medium-sized loon with straight, stout bill, white-spotted black back and white flanks visible above water while swimming. Head and nape are gray.
Arctic loon (Gavia arctica)
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Arctic loon,
Black-throated loon
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Arctic Loon, Gavia arctica
Common Loon, Gavia immer
Red-throated Loon, Gavia stellata
[edit] Grebes ...
at the cliff house was 1 THICK-BILLED MURRE, 1 BLACK GULLEMOT, 1 KING EIDER, and 1 ARCTIC LOON. This LOON was watched for about 2 hours, at about 12:45 it flew by very near and headed south to nubble lite.
Remarks The Pacific Loon has recently been given species status separate from the Arctic Loon, Gavia arctica, of the Old World.
The Pacific Loon, previously known as the Arctic Loon, has now been recognized as a separate species. The breeding range is from the Beaufort Sea to the Hudson Bay Lowlands, of the Canadian Arctic; and in eastern Siberia.
There are five species of loons: The Red-throated Loon, Pacific Loon, Arctic Loon, Yellow-billed Loon and the Common Loon.
Physical Characters ...
Black-throated Diver, Arctic Loon, Artic Diver, Green-throated Loon (viridigularis), Eurasian Loon, Green-throated Black-billed Loon, Pacific Loon
Bird Family :
Gaviidae - Loons (Divers) ...
Black-throated Diver or Arctic Loon, Gavia arctica.
Pacific Diver or Pacific Loon, Gavia pacifica - sometimes included in G. arctica
Great Northern Diver or Common Loon, Gavia immer.
The Red-throated Loon is a smaller species with reddish throat.
The Arctic Loon is similar to it, but with a black throat in summer.
Loons are commonly 28 to 36 inches in length. The female is similar
to the male.
BLACK-THROATED DIVER.
[Arctic Loon.]
COLYMBUS ARCTICUS, Linn.
[Gavia arctica.] ...
(80 cm) long; the red-throated loon (G. stellata); and the Arctic loon (G. arctica). Loons are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Gaviiformes, family Gaviidae.
 See also: Loon, Common Loon, Red-throated Loon, Diver, Pacific loon
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