Divers (Gaviidae)
Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata) - HBW 1, p. 171
French: Plongeon catmarin
German: Sterntaucher
Spanish: Colimbo Chico
Other common names: Red-throated Loon
Taxonomy: Colymbus Stellatus Pontoppidan, 1763, Tame River, Warwickshire, England.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Holarctic, breeding generally N of 50° N and far into high Arctic; winters mainly along N coasts of Atlantic and Pacific, also in Great Lakes, and Black, Caspian and Mediterranean Seas.
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Two views of a basic (winter) plumaged bird swimming on the surface foraging for small fish. Locality Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 20 January 2009 4 years ago 44 sec 4.8 -
Three views of an adult that has nearly completed molt into alternate plumage. Locality Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 14 April 2011 2 years ago 50 sec 4.7 -
An adult in breeding plumage landing and taking off in a small pond of a very flat island Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 22 July 2008 4 years ago 36 sec 4.7 -
Adult bird and its nest Locality Lake Myvatn, Mývatn-Laxá Nature Conservation Area, Norðurland eystra (Northeast) Region, Iceland
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 30 June 2011 1 year ago 42 sec 4.5 -
An adult bird in breeding plumage, preening in the water Locality Lindoya Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 12 August 2006 5 years ago 21 sec 4 -
A bird diving for food. Locality Brouwersdam, Zeeland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Yoel Jimenez 26 March 2013 6 weeks ago 15 sec 3.8
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A Red-throated Diver, in winter plumage, on a freshwater pond in central Holland
Locality Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Gerard Visser 29 December 2007 2 years ago 4.6 -
Adult breeding
Locality Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen
Paul Cools 5 July 2011 33 weeks ago 4.5 -
full summer plumage
Locality Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Vesturland (West) Region, Iceland
Marco Valentini 6 June 2012 49 weeks ago 4.3 -
Red-throated Loon gesturing with its bill.
Locality Colville River Estuary, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
AlaskaBirdGuy 1 July 2010 21 weeks ago 4 -
Red-throated Loon on nest
Locality Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada
TheCaffeinatedBirder 24 July 2012 34 weeks ago 4 -
Red-throated Loon "hiding" on its nest.
Locality Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada
TheCaffeinatedBirder 24 July 2012 34 weeks ago 4
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An adul male alarming Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 15 July 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Birds displaying over a Loch Locality Duthil and Rothiemurchus, Scotland, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 7 August 2002 3 years ago 3.5 -
Quacking calls of a bird flying over a Loch Locality Loch Eishort, Isle of Skye, Scotland, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 11 August 2002 3 years ago 3
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