Gaviiformes (/ˈɡævi.ɪfɔːrmiːz/) is an order of aquatic birds containing the loons or divers and their closest extinct relatives. Modern gaviiformes are...
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Loon (category Gaviiformes)
species of loons are members of the genus Gavia, family Gaviidae and order Gaviiformes. Loons, which are the size of large ducks or small geese, resemble these...
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This is a list of Gaviiformes species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. For more...
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several molecular phylogenetic studies. Aequornithes includes the clades Gaviiformes, Sphenisciformes, Procellariiformes, Ciconiiformes, Suliformes and Pelecaniformes...
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List of fictional birds (section Gaviiformes (loons))
This list of fictional birds is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals. Ducks, penguins and birds of prey are not included here, and are listed separately...
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List of largest birds (section Loons (Gaviiformes))
The largest extant species of bird measured by mass is the common ostrich (Struthio camelus), closely followed by the Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes)...
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List of bird genera (section Gaviiformes)
List of bird genera concerns the chordata class of aves or birds, characterised by feathers, a beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, and...
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This list includes those birds of South Asia in the non-passerine families other than the Megapodes, Galliformes, Gruiformes and near passerines. For an...
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Pacific loon (category Gaviiformes)
hindneck and the throat, and the bill that looks to be upturned. Like other gaviiformes, the Pacific loon's legs are located towards the back of its body making...
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magpie geese, screamers) Grebes (order Podicipediformes) Loons (order Gaviiformes) Storks (order Ciconiiformes) Pelecaniformes (pelicans, herons, egrets...
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List of birds (section Order Gaviiformes)
Gaviiformes (loons)...
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Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) Eurypygiformes (kagus and sunbitterns) Aequornithes Gaviiformes (loons or divers) Sphenisciformes (penguins) Procellariiformes (albatrosses...
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Protected species of South Korea (section Gaviiformes)
Under South Korean law, the hunting and capturing of a large number of species of wild animals is prohibited. These include 64 species of mammals, 396...
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List of fossil bird genera (section Gaviiformes)
Birds evolved from certain feathered theropod dinosaurs, and there is no real dividing line between birds and non-avian dinosaurs except that some of the...
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Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) Eurypygiformes (kagus and sunbitterns) Aequornithes Gaviiformes (loons or divers) Sphenisciformes (penguins) Procellariiformes (albatrosses...
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Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) Eurypygiformes (kagus and sunbitterns) Aequornithes Gaviiformes (loons or divers) Sphenisciformes (penguins) Procellariiformes (albatrosses...
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Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) Eurypygiformes (kagus and sunbitterns) Aequornithes Gaviiformes (loons or divers) Sphenisciformes (penguins) Procellariiformes (albatrosses...
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Common loon (category Gaviiformes)
up the genus Gavia, the only genus of the family Gaviidae and order Gaviiformes. Its closest relative is another large black-headed species, the yellow-billed...
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estimated population of 23.7 billion, which is higher than any other bird. Gaviiformes (loons or divers) Gruiformes (cranes and relatives) Passeriformes (perching...
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related; they have been reclassified in the orders Podicipediformes and Gaviiformes, respectively. "Colymbiformes". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2005. Encyclopædia...
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Colymbiculus (category Gaviiformes)
Eocene. Mayr, G.; E. Zvonok (2011). "Middle Eocene Pelagornithidae and Gaviiformes (Aves) from the Ukrainian Paratethys". Palaeontology. 54 (6): 1347–1359...
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from the Early Miocene. Milne-Edwards (1863). "Les oiseaux aquatiques (Gaviiformes a Anseriformes) du gisement Aquitanien de Saint-Gerand-le-Puy (Allier...
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Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) Eurypygiformes (kagus and sunbitterns) Aequornithes Gaviiformes (loons or divers) Sphenisciformes (penguins) Procellariiformes (albatrosses...
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(Struthioniformes, Tinamiformes, Procellariiformes, Sphenisciformes, Gaviiformes, Podicipediformes, Pelecaniformes, Ciconiiformes, Phoenicopteriformes...
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Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) Eurypygiformes (kagus and sunbitterns) Aequornithes Gaviiformes (loons or divers) Sphenisciformes (penguins) Procellariiformes (albatrosses...
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Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) Eurypygiformes (kagus and sunbitterns) Aequornithes Gaviiformes (loons or divers) Sphenisciformes (penguins) Procellariiformes (albatrosses...
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Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) Eurypygiformes (kagus and sunbitterns) Aequornithes Gaviiformes (loons or divers) Sphenisciformes (penguins) Procellariiformes (albatrosses...
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Gaviiformes (loons/divers) Feraequornithes...
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