Gaviiformes
Divers (Gaviidae)
HBW 1, p. 162
- Heavily-built waterbirds with narrow wings and body effectively streamlined for diving.
- Circumpolar in Holarctic.
- Stretches of open water, both inland and coastal.
- 1 genus, 4 species, 6 taxa.
- No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
- 4
List of species:
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- 42 3 18 21 8 1 Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
- 35 1 12 22 8 2 Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
- 64 1 28 35 8 3 Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
- 11 6 5 8 4 White-billed Diver (Gavia adamsii)
Family statistics
1 genus, 4 species
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| 1 genus | (100%) |
| 4 species | (100%) |
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