Species: Gavia arctica
Arctic Loon
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Gaviiformes
Family
Gaviidae
Genus
Gavia
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
Plongeon arctique
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Other Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Gaviiformes - Gaviidae - Gavia - G. PACIFICA formerly was regarded as a subspecies of G. ARCTICA (AOU 1985). Birds breeding in eastern Siberia and Alaska once regarded as a separate species, G. VIRIDIGULARIS (AOU 1998).
Ecology and Life History
Migration
false - false - true
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Reproduction Comments
Presumably similar to G. PACIFICA.
Length
66
Weight
1659
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-11-20
Global Status Last Changed
1996-11-20
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - BREEDS: Northern Eurasia and western Alaska in Cape Prince of Wales region. WINTERS: Old World and casually along the west coast of North America from western and southern Alaska south to British Columbia (also recorded a few times in California).
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)