Divers (Gaviidae)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) - HBW 1, p. 172
French: Plongeon imbrin
German: Eistaucher
Spanish: Colimbo Grande
Other common names: Common/Black billed Loon
Taxonomy: Colymbus Immer Brünnich, 1764, Faeroes.
Hybridization with G. arctica reported. Monotypic.
Distribution: Mainly Nearctic, where breeds between 48° N and Arctic Circle, in places S to c. 40° N, and N to c. 78° N; in N Atlantic also breeds in Greenland, Iceland, Bear I and very occasionally Scotland. Winters mainly along coasts of N Atlantic and NE Pacific, also stopping off in Great Lakes.
- Least Concern
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A close-up of a first winter bird. Santoña Marsh Natural Reserve, Santoña, Cantabria, Spain (Monotypic species)
Alex García 7 January 2010 15 weeks ago 40 sec 4.7 -
A juvenile swallowing a fish and looking for more Essonne, France (Monotypic species)
Julien Rochefort 25 December 2006 3 years ago 29 sec 4.6 -
A juvenile mandibulating Essonne, France (Monotypic species)
Julien Rochefort 25 December 2006 3 years ago 50 sec 4.4 -
A winter adult swimming away and then lowers its head down close to the water as a defensive posture when a Western Grebe swims Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 19 December 2008 1 year ago 30 sec 4 -
A winter adult shown rubbing the side of its head across the preen gland, which is located at the base of the tail and produces Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 19 December 2008 1 year ago 41 sec 4 -
A juvenile mandibulating a big fish and finally swallowing it Essonne, France (Monotypic species)
Julien Rochefort 25 December 2006 3 years ago 50 sec 3.9
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Juvenile Oortkatener See, Hamburg, Germany (Monotypic species)
Thorsten Stegmann 7 December 2008 1 year ago 4 -
Gavia immer or Common Loon. A frequent resident of the inland lakes of northern Wiscosnin Wisconsin, USA (Monotypic species)
georgeanast 1 July 2008 1 year ago 3.8 -
Juvenile Oortkatener See, Hamburg, Germany (Monotypic species)
Thorsten Stegmann 7 December 2008 1 year ago 3.5 -
With chick Mývatn-Laxá Nature Conservation Area, Iceland
Alan Debenham 8 July 2009 28 weeks ago 2.5 -
Young bird at Escalante estuary Santoña Marsh Natural Reserve, Santoña, Cantabria, Spain (Monotypic species)
Luis Mario Arce 7 December 2009 38 weeks ago 1.5
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Wailing song on territory Bracebridge, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada
(Monotypic species)
Andrew_Davis 1 June 2007 38 weeks ago 4.5
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