Divers (Gaviidae) - HBW 1
Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
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.
- Least Concern
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Two views of a basic (winter) plumaged bird swimming on the surface foraging for small fish. Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 20 January 2009 1 year ago 44 sec 4.8 -
An adult in breeding plumage landing and taking off in a small pond of a very flat island Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 22 July 2008 51 weeks ago 36 sec 4.5 -
An adult bird in breeding plumage, preening in the water Lindoya Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 12 August 2006 2 years ago 21 sec 4 -
A juvenile bird preening and swimming Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 12 October 2006 2 years ago 30 sec 3.7 -
Several nests with eggs near small pond of a very flat island, then two eggs predated by gulls Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 22 July 2008 51 weeks ago 33 sec 3.3 -
A breeding-plumaged adult bird flicking its wings and swimming Lindoya Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 12 August 2006 2 years ago 12 sec 3.3
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2 old chicks waiting for their parents on a pond. Middleton Island, Alaska, USA (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 1 August 2006 25 weeks ago 3 -
An adult with two small chicks on a pond Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 23 July 2007 1 year ago 2 -
An adult in breeding plumage on a small pond Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 22 July 2008 1 year ago 2
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Birds displaying over a Loch Duthil and Rothiemurchus, Scotland, UK
Stuart Fisher 7 August 2002 5 weeks ago 3.5 -
Quacking calls of a bird flying over a Loch Loch Eishort, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Stuart Fisher 11 August 2002 35 weeks ago 3
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