Pacific Loon

Gavia pacifica

Summary 4

The Pacific loon or Pacific diver (Gavia pacifica), is a medium-sized member of the loon, or diver, family. It may be conspecific with black-throated diver/Arctic loon, which it closely resembles.

Habitat and range 5

The Pacific loon breeds on tundra lakes, and winters in the open ocean or other large bodies of water. It breeds primarily in northern Canada and eastern Siberia, and winters along the Pacific coast of North America.

Fuentes y créditos

  1. (c) Len Blumin, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/9062441@N02/3624246300
  2. (c) James Maughn, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5501/11396263806_8a365e307e_o.jpg
  3. (c) L Pittman, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por L Pittman
  4. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavia_pacifica
  5. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_loon

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Color grey, white
Animal Bird
Bird Gaviidae (loons)