Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Loons :: Pacific Loon

Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica

Described by: Lawrence (1858)
Alternate common name(s): Pacific Diver
Old scientific name(s): Gavia arctica pacifica

Photographs

Castroville, Monterey County, California, USA - Aug 23, 2003 © Glen Tepke  Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA - Jun 24, 2007 © Glen Tepke  Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA - Jun 24, 2007 © Glen Tepke  Blaine, Whatcom County, Washington, USA - Feb 14, 2008 © Dennis Paulson  Blaine, Whatcom County, Washington, USA - Feb 14, 2008 © Dennis Paulson 
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Range

Nearctic; Ex. ne. Palearctic;
Ex. ne. Siberia from the lower Indigirka River e. to the Chukotski Pen. and the Anadyr River basin, St. Lawrence Is., Alaska (Alaskan Peninsula, Kodiak Is.), n. Canada from Banks, Victoria, Prince of Wales and c. Baffin Is. s. to sw. Yukon, s. Northwest Territories (s. Mackenzie, Great Slave Lake), ne. Alberta, n. Manitoba and nw. Ontario (Belcher Is., w. James Bay) with a local population in nw. Quebec (n. of Port Harrison).
Winter: Siberia, Korea, Japan, e. China s. to Shantung, se. Alaska, w. Canada, w. United States to w. Mexico (s. Baja and s. Sonora).
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North America n. of Mexican border
Summer: ALK (St. Lawrence s., the Alaskan Peninsula and Kodiak Is.), n. Canada s. from Banks, Victoria, Prince of Wales and c. Baffin Is. to the sw. YUK, s. NWT (Great Slave Lake, s. MAC), ne. ALB, n. MAN (Reindeer Lake to Herchmer) and ex. nw. ONT (to Cape Henrietta Maria on the w. coast of the James Bay and Belcher Is.), a local population in nw. QUE (25 miles n. of Port Harrison);
Winter: the Pacific coast of se. ALK, BCO, WAS, ORG, CAL.

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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