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Arctic or Pacific Loon
Gavia [arctica or pacifica] (= Gavia arctica) (Linnaeus, C 1758)
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Gaviiformes
Family:
Gaviidae
Genus:
Gavia
Scientific:
Gavia arctica
Classification
Order:Gaviiformes
Family:
Gaviidae
Genus:
Gavia
Scientific:
Gavia arctica
Original description
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.135
Protonym:
Colymbus arcticus
Type locality:
Europe and North America; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 52.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/153/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
8BE5FFB71339CD30
Avibase ID:
avibase-8BE5FFB7
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/8BE5FFB7
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174471
Geographic range:
- Gavia arctica: breeds Arctic to temperate northern and central Eurasia and far western Alaska; non-breeders to coastal southern European and western Asian seas; to Japan and Korean Peninsula
- Gavia arctica arctica: Western Palearctic eastward to Lena River; winters to northwestern and southern Europe
- Gavia arctica viridigularis: breeds northeastern Siberia and far western mainland Alaska; winters from the Kuril Islands to the Yellow Sea
- Gavia pacifica: coastal eastern Siberia and northern North America; winters to Japan and southern Baja California
Source: Clements checklist
Arctic or Pacific Loon
Catalan:
Calàbria agulla/del Pacífic
Czech:
potáplice severní/pacifická
Danish:
Sortstrubet/Stillehavslom
German:
Pracht-/Pazifiktaucher
Spanish:
Colimbo Ártico/del Pacífico
Spanish (Spain):
Colimbo ártico/del Pacífico
Finnish:
kuikka/tundrakuikka
French:
Plongeon arctique ou P. du Pacifique
Hungarian:
Sarki/Alazkai búvár
Icelandic:
Glit-/hafbrúsi
Japanese (romaji):
oohamu/shiroerioohamu
Japanese:
オオハム/シロエリオオハム
Dutch:
Parelduiker/Pacifische Parelduiker
Norwegian:
storlom/amerikastorlom
Polish:
nur czarnoszyi/pacyficzny
Portuguese (Portugal):
mobelha-árctica/mobelha-do-pacífico
Russian:
Чернозобая/Белошейная гагара
Slovak:
potáplica stredná/bledotylová
Serbian:
Crnogrli morski gnjurac/pacifički morski gnjurac
Swedish:
storlom/stillahavslom
Chinese:
黑喉潜鸟/太平洋潜鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
黑喉/太平洋潛鳥
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983): Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Arctic or Pacific Loon ( Gavia [arctica or pacifica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Arctic or Pacific Loon ( Gavia [arctica or pacifica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Arctic or Pacific Loon ( Gavia [arctica or pacifica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Arctic or Pacific Loon ( Gavia [arctica or pacifica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Arctic or Pacific Loon ( Gavia [arctica or pacifica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Arctic or Pacific Loon ( Gavia [arctica or pacifica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Arctic or Pacific Loon ( Gavia [arctica or pacifica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Arctic or Pacific Loon ( Gavia [arctica or pacifica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Arctic or Pacific Loon ( Gavia [arctica or pacifica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Arctic or Pacific Loon ( Gavia [arctica or pacifica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Arctic or Pacific Loon ( Gavia [arctica or pacifica]) |
| Clements 1st edition: Arctic Loon ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Arctic/Pacific Loon ( Gavia arctica/pacifica) |
| eBird version 1.52: Arctic/Pacific Loon ( Gavia arctica/pacifica) |
| eBird version 1.53: Arctic/Pacific Loon ( Gavia arctica/pacifica) |
| eBird version 1.54: Arctic/Pacific Loon ( Gavia arctica/pacifica) |
| eBird version 1.55: Arctic/Pacific Loon ( Gavia arctica/pacifica) |
| eBird version 2015: Arctic/Pacific Loon ( Gavia arctica/pacifica) |
| eBird version 2016: Arctic/Pacific Loon ( Gavia arctica/pacifica) |
| eBird version 2017: Arctic/Pacific Loon ( Gavia arctica/pacifica) |
| eBird version 2018: Arctic/Pacific Loon ( Gavia arctica/pacifica) |
| eBird version 2019: Arctic/Pacific Loon ( Gavia arctica/pacifica) |
| eBird version 2021: Arctic/Pacific Loon ( Gavia arctica/pacifica) |
| eBird version 2022: Arctic/Pacific Loon ( Gavia arctica/pacifica) |
| eBird version 2023: Arctic/Pacific Loon ( Gavia arctica/pacifica) |
| eBird version 2024: Arctic/Pacific Loon ( Gavia arctica/pacifica) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Black-throated Diver ( Gavia arctica) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Gavia arctica [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Gavia arctica [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Gavia arctica [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Asturian: Calón Articu, Mobeya ártica/del Pacíficu
Azerbaijani: Qaradöş qaqar
Belarusian: Чорнаваллёвы гагач
Bulgarian: Черногуш гмуркач
Breton: Ar splujer gouzoug du
Catalan: Agullat àrtic, Calàbria agulla, Calàbria agulla/del Pacífic
Catalan (Balears): Calàbria agulla
Valencian: Agullat àrtic
Czech: Potáplice severní, potáplice severní/pacifická
Welsh: Trochydd gwddfddu, Trochydd gyddfddu
Danish: Sortstrubet /Stillehavslom, Sortstrubet Lom, Sortstrubet/Stillehavslom
German: Polartaucher, Pracht-/Pazifiktaucher, Prachttaucher
Greek: Λαμπροβούτι, Λαμπροβούτι/Λαμπροβούτι του Ειρηνικού
Greek (Cypriot): Λαμπροβούττι
English: Arctic Loon, Arctic or Pacific Loon, Arctic/Pacific Loon, Black-throated Diver, black-throated loon, green-throated black-billed loon
English (United Kingdom): Black-throated/Pacific Diver
English, HBW: Arctic/Pacific Loon
English (IOC): Black-throated/Pacific Loon
English (United States): Arctic/Pacific Loon
Esperanto: Arkta kolimbo
Spanish: Colimbo arctico, Colimbo Artico, Colimbo Ártico, Colimbo Ártico/del Pacífico, colimbo pacífico
Spanish (Spain): Colimbo Ártico/del Pacífico
Spanish (HBW): Arctic/Pacific Loon
Spanish (Mexico): Colimbo Ártico/del Pacífico, colimbo pacífico
Estonian: Järvekaur
Basque: Aliota arktikoa, Aliota artikoa/Pazifikoko aliota, Calàbria agulla
Finnish: Kuikka, kuikka/tundrakuikka
Faroese: Øssvartur lómur
French: Plongeon arctique, Plongeon arctique ou P. du Pacifique
Frisian: Bûnte Seedûker
Irish: Lóma Artach
Gaelic: Learg, Learga Dhubh
Galician: Calàbria agulla, Mobella árctica, Mobella ártica/do Pacífico
Manx: Lhargey, Thummeyder staghyllagh
Hebrew: צוללן שחור גרון, צוללן שחור־גרון, צוללן שחור-גרון, צוללן שחור-גרון/פסיפי
Croatian: Crnogrli Plijenor, Srednji plijenor
Hungarian: Sarki búvár, Sarki/Alazkai búvár
Armenian: [Sevakhatzi Suzahav ], Սևախածի Սուզահավ
Icelandic: Glit-/hafbrúsi, Glitbrúsi
Italian: Strolaga mezzana
Japanese (romaji): oohamu, oohamu/shiroerioohamu, Ouhamu
Japanese: オオハム, オオハム/シロエリオオハム
Japanese (Kanji): 大波武
Georgian: შავყელა (შავჩიჩახვა) ღორიხვა, შავყელა ღორიხვა, შავჩიჩახვა ღორიხვა
Khakas: Хырхара
Kazakh: Қызылжемсаулы гагара
Kazakh (Transliteration): qara-jemsawlı gagara
Korean: 큰회색머리아비, 회색머리아비/큰회색머리아비
Korean (Transliteration): keun-hoe-saeng-meori-abi
Cornish: Sedhor conna du
Scientific: Colymbus arcticus, Gavia [arctica or pacifica], Gavia arctica, Gavia arctica arctica, Gavia arctica/pacifica
Luxembourgish: Arkteschen Daucher
Lithuanian: Juodakaklis naras, Klaugas, Narūnas
Latvian: Melnkakla gārgale
Macedonian: Белец, Лола, Северен морски нуркач
Mongolian: Хар омруут ахууна, Хилэн омруут ахууна
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠢᠯᠢᠩ ᠱᠣᠩᠭᠣᠲᠣ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠭᠣ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Хилэн шунгат шувуу
Mongolian (Transliteration): khileŋ shuŋgat shuvuu
Dutch: Parelduiker, Parelduiker/Pacifische Parelduiker
Norwegian: Storlom, storlom/amerikastorlom, Svartstrupet lom
Polish: nur czarnoszyi, nur czarnoszyi/pacyficzny
Pinyin: hēi-hóu qián-niǎo
Portuguese: mobelha ártica, Mobêlha-árctica, Mobelha-ártica
Portuguese (Portugal): mobelha-árctica/mobelha-do-pacífico, Mobelha-de-garganta-preta/Mobelha-do-pacífico
Romansh: Sfunsella polara
Romanian: Cufundar polar
Russian: Chernozobaya Gagara, Гагара чернозобая, полосатая гагара, Чернозобая гагара, Чернозобая/Белошейная гагара
Scots: Learg
Northern Sami: Dovtta
Slovak: Potáplica severská, Potáplica stredná, potáplica stredná/bledotylová
Slovenian: polarni slapnik, Polarni/Tihomorski viharnik
Albanian: Nori gushëzi
Serbian: Crnogrli morski gnjurac/pacifički morski gnjurac, Crnogrli/pacifički morski gnjurac, Morski gnjurac, morski gnjurac srednji, Морски гнјурац, Морски гњурац
Swedish: Storlom, storlom/stillahavslom
Turkish: kara gerdanli dalgic, Kara Gerdanlı Dalgıç, Kara gerdanlı/ince gagalı dalgıç, Kara Gerdanlı/İnce Gagalı Dalgıç, kara gerdanly dalgyç, Karagerdanlı dalgıç, Kara-gerdanlı Dalgıç
Tuvinian: Кара боостаалыг онгук, Унгук
Ukrainian: Гагара чорношия , Чорновола гагара, Чорношия гагара
Chinese: [hei-hou qian-niao], [lu-hou qian-niao], 太平洋潜鸟, 绿喉潜鸟, 黑喉潛鳥, 黑喉潜鸟, 黑喉潜鸟/太平洋潜鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 綠喉潛鳥, 黑喉/太平洋潛鳥, 黑喉潛鳥/太平洋潛鳥
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 黑喉潛鳥
Chinese (Taiwan): [hei-hou qian-niao], 黑喉潛鳥
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