Gavia (Gavia sp.)

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Gavia sp.

Gavia Forster, JR, 1788

Classification

Order:
  Gaviiformes
Family:
  Gaviidae
Scientific:
  Gavia

Original description

Citation:
Forster, JR, 1788

Reference:
Enchirid.Hist.Nat. p.38

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
C3E757A32B034B0E

Avibase ID:
avibase-C3E757A3

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/C3E757A3

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174468

English:
Gavia sp.
French:
Gavia sp.

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Gavia sp. ( Gavia)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Gavia sp. ( Gavia)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Gavia sp. ( Gavia)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Gavia sp. ( Gavia)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Gavia sp. ( Gavia)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Gavia sp. ( Gavia)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Gavia sp. ( Gavia)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Gavia sp. ( Gavia)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Gavia sp. ( Gavia)
eBird version 1.50: loon sp. ( Gavia sp.)
eBird version 1.52: loon sp. ( Gavia sp.)
eBird version 1.53: loon sp. ( Gavia sp.)
eBird version 1.54: loon sp. ( Gavia sp.)
eBird version 1.55: loon sp. ( Gavia sp.)
eBird version 2015: loon sp. ( Gavia sp.)
eBird version 2016: loon sp. ( Gavia sp.)
eBird version 2017: loon sp. ( Gavia sp.)
eBird version 2018: loon sp. ( Gavia sp.)
eBird version 2019: loon sp. ( Gavia sp.)
eBird version 2021: loon sp. ( Gavia sp.)

Taxonomic status:

Species status: genus

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Other related concepts

Gavia (Urinator)

Other synonyms

Arabic: نوع غواص
Asturian: Mobeya sp.
Azerbaijani: Qaqar növü
Bashkir: гагара, гагаралар, гагараһы, ҡағарағы ᴛᴍʟ , ҡағараҡ, ҡағараҡтар
Bulgarian: Gavia sp.
Catalan: Calàbria sp.
Czech: potáplice sp.
Chuvash: гагара, гагарасем, гагари
Danish: lom sp.
German: Seetaucher, unbestimmt
Greek: θαλασσοβούτι
English: Gavia sp., loon sp.
English (United Kingdom): diver sp.
English, HBW: loon sp.
English (IOC): loon sp.
English (United States): loon sp.
Spanish: Colimbo sp.
Spanish (Spain): Colimbo sp.
Spanish (HBW): loon sp.
Spanish (Mexico): Colimbo sp.
Basque: Aliota sp.
Evenki: ӯкӯӈэ̄, ӯкэ̄г, ӯкэ̄н, ӯкэ̄ӈ, ӯкэ̄ӈэ̄, укӣ, хукэ̄ӈ
Finnish: kuikkalaji
Faroese: Gavia sp.
French: Gavia sp.
Hebrew: צוללן בלתי-מזוהה
Croatian: plijenori sp.
Hungarian: búvárfélék
Icelandic: Ógreindur brúsi, Ógreindur brúsi (Gavia sp.)
Japanese (romaji): abika
Japanese: アビ科
Kara-Kalpak: гагар, теңиз үйреги
Mongolian, Halh: гахууныхан
Kazakh: гагаралар, маймаққаздар
Kirghiz: кокуйөрдөк
Scientific: Gavia, Gavia sp.
Mongolian: гахууна, гахууныхан
Montagnais (Innu-aimun): uitui-muakush
Dutch: Duiker sp.
Norwegian: ub. lom (Gavia sp.)
Polish: nur nieoznaczony
Portuguese (Portugal): mobelha sp.
Romanian: cufundar neidentificat
Russian: гагара sp.
Yakut: куоҕаһа, куоҕас, куоҕастар, куоҕастар уустара
Slovak: Gavia neurčený druh, potáplica
Slovenian: gavia (neidentificiran), slapnik (neidentificiran)
Serbian: neidentifikovani morski gnjurac
Swedish: Gavia sp.
Turkmen: ýogla
Turkish: tanımsız dalgıç (Gavia sp.)
Tatar: гагара, гагаралар, гагарасы
Kalmyk: ахун
Chinese: 未识别的潜鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 潛鳥屬