Red-throated Diver

Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
(aka Red-throated Loon)
Scotland
The Red-throated Diver breeds in very high latitudes round the Arctic in both Eurasia and North America. It also breeds in north-west Scotland.

THE RED-THROATED DIVER.
[Red-throated Loon.]
COLYMBUS SEPTENTRIONALIS, Linn.
[Gavia stellata.] ...

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Red-throated Diver
Description
Distinguishing Features - The red-throated diver is the smallest of the divers, also called loons. Length: 53 - 69 cm. Wingspan: 106 - 116 cm.

Red-throated Diver or Red-throated Loon, Gavia stellata.
Black-throated Diver or Arctic Loon, Gavia arctica.
Pacific Diver or Pacific Loon, Gavia pacifica - sometimes included in G. arctica ...

Red-throated Diver, Little Loon, Cape Drake, Cape Race, Cape Racer, Cobble, Pegging-Owl Loon, Pepper-shinned Loon, Scape-Grace, Sprat Loon, Rain Goose
Bird Family :
Gaviidae - Loons (Divers) ...

Loon, Red-throated aka Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata Found: North America, Europe, Asia
Photographed by: 1) David Karna in Iceland 2) Rrburke Alaska in the Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
3, 4, 5) Dick Daniels in North Carolina ...

On September 6, 2007, RSPB Scotland and the Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) stated that it was surprised by an increase in the last 12 years in the breeding figures in the UK for the Red-throated Diver and the rarer Black-throated Diver of 16% and ...

See also: Diver, Loon, Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver, Blackbird