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 20 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 3 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 1 year 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 -
Winter plumage with wings spread
Locality Stone Harbor, Cape May County, New Jersey, USA (United States)
Paul A Guris 8 April 2012 6 weeks ago 3.6 -
Winter adult sitting on the ocean
Locality Cape May County, New Jersey, USA (United States)
Paul A Guris 8 April 2012 5 weeks ago 3.6 -
An adult with two small chicks
Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 19 July 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
Prepare to dive
Locality Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 4 May 2006 1 year ago 3.1 -
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
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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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