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 3 years ago 44 sec 4.8 -
Adult bird and its nest Locality Lake Myvatn, Mývatn-Laxá Nature Conservation Area, Norðurland eystra (Northeast) Region, Iceland
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 30 June 2011 6 weeks ago 42 sec 4.5 -
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 2 years ago 36 sec 4.5 -
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 43 weeks ago 50 sec 4.4 -
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 4 years ago 21 sec 4 -
A juvenile bird preening and swimming Locality Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 12 October 2006 4 years ago 30 sec 3.7
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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 1 year ago 4.6 -
An adult with two small chicks
Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 19 July 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
Prepare to dive
Locality Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 4 May 2006 1 year ago 3.4 -
Prepare de dive
Locality Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 4 May 2006 1 year ago 3.2 -
2 old chicks waiting for their parents on a pond.
Locality Middleton Island, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 1 August 2006 2 years ago 2.8 -
An adult in breeding plumage on a small pond
Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 22 July 2008 3 years ago 2.3
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An adul male alarming Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 15 July 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Birds displaying over a Loch Locality Duthil and Rothiemurchus, Scotland, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 7 August 2002 2 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 2 years ago 3
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