The red-throated loon (North America) or red-throated diver (Britain and Ireland) (Gavia stellata) is a migratory aquatic bird found in the northern hemisphere...
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of loons by Archibald Thorburn. Top: Common loon, Mid-left: red-throated loon, Mid-right: yellow-billed loon, Bottom: black-throated loon Common loon flying...
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The black-throated loon (Gavia arctica), also known as the Arctic loon and the black-throated diver, is a migratory aquatic bird found in the northern...
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black-throated loon. The Pacific loon can be differentiated from the red-throated loon in winter by the latter's paler look, the fact that the red-throated...
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Sun and Moon (Inuit myth) (section Blind boy and loon)
brother asks his sister to take him to a nearby lake where there are red-throated loons (qaqsauq). He stands by the lake until he hears the sound of a kayak...
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lacking white spots. The common loon is distinguished from the black-throated loon (G. arctica) and the red-throated loon (G. stellata) mainly by its larger...
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oldest members of them are rather small (some are smaller than the red-throated loon). Throughout the late Neogene, the genus by and large follows Cope's...
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goose), in the Yenisey Khanty variant a red-throated loon, and in at least one Finnish version a black-throated loon Several Finno-Ugric languages have a...
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List of birds of Korea (section Loons)
search for food. Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata Black-throated loon, Gavia arctica Pacific loon, Gavia pacifica Yellow-billed loon, Gavia adamsii Order:...
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birds include the snow bunting, lapland bunting, ringed plover, red-throated loon and red-necked phalarope. Non-migratory land birds include the arctic...
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Black-throated jay Black-throated laughingthrush Black-throated loon Black-throated magpie-jay Black-throated mango Black-throated munia Black-throated parrotbill...
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List of birds of the United States (section Loons)
Loons swim well and fly adequately, but are almost hopeless on land, because their legs are placed towards the rear of the body. Red-throated loon, Gavia...
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List of birds of New York (state) (section Loons)
recorded in New York. Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata Pacific loon, Gavia pacifica (N) Common loon, Gavia immer (B) Yellow-billed loon, Gavia adamsii (N)...
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Red-breasted merganser Ruddy duck Gray partridge Ring-necked pheasant Greater prairie chicken Northern bobwhite Red-throated loon Black-throated loon...
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apparent at Kotzebue Sound including the tufted puffin, black-throated diver and red-throated loon. The sound is a location for the presence of the polar bear...
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the red-throated loon, and one of the smallest species of Neogene loons from North America. Brodkorb, P. (1953). "A review of the Pliocene loons". The...
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List of birds of North America (section Loons)
Gavia arctica LC Common loon, Gavia immer LC Pacific loon, Gavia pacifica LC Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata LC Yellow-billed loon, Gavia adamsii NT Order:...
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Gaviiformes Red-throated loon...
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List of birds of Ontario (section Loons)
Loons swim well and fly adequately, but, because their legs are placed towards the rear of the body, are almost helpless on land. Red-throated loon,...
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List of birds of Oklahoma (section Loons)
Loons swim well and fly adequately, but are almost hopeless on land, because their legs are placed towards the rear of the body. Red-throated loon, Gavia...
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List of birds of Alberta (section Loons)
Loons swim well and fly adequately, but are almost hopeless on land, because their legs are placed towards the rear of the body.: 73–74 Red-throated...
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spectacled eider, Steller's eider, king eider, red-throated loon, pacific loon, and yellow-billed loon. Important bird areas include the Colville River...
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List of birds of Mexico (section Loons)
swimming. Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata Arctic loon, Gavia arctica (A) Pacific loon, Gavia pacifica Common loon, Gavia immer Yellow-billed loon, Gavia...
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List of birds of Pakistan (section Loons)
are 2 species which have been recorded in Pakistan. Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata Common loon, Gavia immer (V) Order: Procellariiformes Family:...
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ulna is shorter but more stouter in comparison to the red-throated loon (G. stellata) and pacific loon (G. pacifica). The area of attachment of the ligaments...
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List of birds of South Carolina (section Loons)
have been recorded in South Carolina. Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata Pacific loon, Gavia pacifica (R) Common loon, Gavia immer Order: Procellariiformes Family:...
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List of birds of Pennsylvania (section Loons)
Loons swim well and fly adequately, but are almost hopeless on land, because their legs are placed towards the rear of the body. Red-throated loon, Gavia...
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CXIII Plate CXXX "Plate CXXXVII Fig. 299. The Great Loon (Colymbus glacialis). 300. The Red-throated Loon (Colymbus septentrionalis)." Plate CXXXIV, Atlantic...
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List of birds of Sweden (section Loons)
particular, loons' legs are set very far back which assists swimming underwater but makes walking on land extremely difficult. Red-throated loon (smålom)...
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List of birds of Russia (section Loons)
Russia. Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata Arctic loon, Gavia arctica Pacific loon, Gavia pacifica Common loon, Gavia immer (A) Yellow-billed loon, Gavia...
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