Red-throated Loon

The Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) 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 across the northern Holarctic region; winters coastally in the north Pacific Ocean from the Kamchatka Peninsula to the Yellow Sea, and from southern Alaska to northwestern Mexico; and in the northern Atlantic Ocean from the Maritime Provinces (Canada) to the southeastern USA, from Scandinavia south to the Mediterranean, and the Black and Caspian seasRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name

Gavia stellata

Family

Gaviidae (Loons)

Order

Gaviiformes

IUCN Red List

LCLeast Concern

English (US)

Red-throated Loon

Described by

(Pontoppidan, E, 1763)