Divers (Gaviidae)
Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica) - HBW 1, p. 172
French: Plongeon arctique
German: Prachttaucher
Spanish: Colimbo Artico
Other common names: Arctic/Black-throated Loon; Pacific Diver/Loon (pacifica)
Taxonomy: Colymbus arcticus Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Nearctic race pacifica often considered separate species (see page 162). Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pacifica (Lawrence, 1858) - extreme N & NW Nearctic; winters Pacific coast of N America.
- arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) - W Palearctic E to R Lena; winters along coasts of NW Europe, also in Black, Caspian and Mediterranean Seas.
- viridigularis Dwight, 1918 - E Palearctic E of R Lena; winters NW Pacific.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult bird and a chick swimming Locality Parikkala, Southern Finland Province, Finland (ssp arctica)
Javier Ortas 21 July 2010 2 years ago 41 sec 4.8 -
alone in the lake Locality Juneau, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp pacifica (Pacific Loon))
Vicky Cheng 10 June 2012 28 weeks ago 2 min 4 sec 4.5 -
Pair swimming on pond. Locality Far North Bicentennial Park, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp pacifica)
Wayne Hall 23 May 2012 51 weeks ago 58 sec 4.4 -
An adult incubating Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp arctica)
Laurent Demongin 6 July 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 4.3 -
A bird swimming Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway (ssp arctica)
Javier Ortas 19 June 2010 2 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
A group flying during the spring migration Locality California, USA (United States) (ssp pacifica)
Don DesJardin 31 March 2001 6 years ago 16 sec 4
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Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) in a distraction display near its nest.
Locality Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada
TheCaffeinatedBirder 14 July 2011 30 weeks ago 4.5 -
Pair of Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) NOT Arctic Loon but no option for uploading Pacific Loons, with their newly hatched chicks
Locality Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada
TheCaffeinatedBirder 27 July 2011 30 weeks ago 4.2 -
Pacific Loon in non-breeding plumage, swimming in the Pacific Ocean.
Locality Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (ssp pacifica)
Ken Simonite 13 December 2012 21 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult incubating in the tundra
Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp arctica)
Laurent Demongin 6 July 2010 2 years ago 3.7 -
swiming (scanned slide)
Locality Gruissan, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Georges Olioso 27 December 1998 5 weeks ago 3.7 -
A nest with eggs
Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp arctica)
Laurent Demongin 6 July 2010 2 years ago 3.3
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An adult alarming near the nest Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp arctica)
Laurent Demongin 6 July 2010 2 years ago 4
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