Pacific Loon

Gavia pacifica - Plongeon du Pacifique

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Gaviiformes

  • Family
    :

    Gaviidés

  • Genus
    :

    Gavia

  • Species
    :

    pacifica

Descriptor

Lawrence, 1858

Biometrics
  • Size
    : cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : -
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Plongeon du Pacifique
adult
Plongeon du Pacifique
adult

Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) is a species of bird in the Gaviidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Plongeon du Pacifique,
  • Colimbo del Pacífico,
  • mobelha-do-pacífico,
  • Pazifiktaucher,
  • alaszkai búvár,
  • Pacifische Parelduiker,
  • Strolaga del Pacifico,
  • stillahavslom,
  • Amerikastorlom,
  • potáplica bledotylová,
  • potáplice pacifická,
  • Stillehavs-lom,
  • tundrakuikka,
  • calàbria del Pacífic,
  • nur pacyficzny,
  • Klusā okeāna gārgale,
  • Белошейная гагара,
  • シロエリオオハム,
  • 太平洋潜鸟,
  • stillahavslom,
  • 太平洋潛鳥,

Voice song and cries

Plongeon du Pacifique
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged), Estuaries

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

QRcode Plongeon du Pacifique
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