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 LC    Pacific Loon* Id (Atlas):
    Gavia pacifica

Description (10)
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Family
Gaviidae (Loons/divers)

Size
56 - 66 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lawrence, 1858)

Range (Guide)
Canada (B) (NB) (P), Japan, Mexico, Russia (Asian), USA (B).

Vagrant to China (mainland), Greenland, Hong Kong (China).

Unknown to North Korea, South Korea.

Population
Estimated population is 930,000 - 1,600,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

 
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) [XC121587]
     by Betchkal, Davyd from Lake Havasu, Mohave County, Arizona, United States (call)

 
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) [XC39514]
     by Paul Driver from Chukotka, Meinopilgino, Russian Federation (call)

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Arctic Loon (Gavia arctica).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) - 10 files


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