Pacific Loon
Gavia pacifica(Lawrence, GN, 1858)
English (US) Pacific Loon
The Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Gaviidae (Loons) in the order Gaviiformes.
Range: breeds coastal eastern Siberia and northern North America eastward through northern Canada to Baffin Island and James Bay (eastern Canada); winters to Japan and southern Baja CaliforniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gavia pacifica
- Family
- Gaviidae (Loons)
- Order
- Gaviiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pacific Loon
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1858)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Colymbus pacificus
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1858)
- Type locality
- San Diego, California, and Puget Sound; restricted to San Diego by Grinnell, 1932, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 38, p. 260.
- Original description
- Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Vol. IX 9 p.liv,889
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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