Common Loon bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsCommon Loon/Great Northern Diver, Great diver, Great Northern Loon, Lesser Loon, Loon, Immer Goose, Great Northern Diver, American common loon, lesser black-billed loon, Black-billed Loon, Polar Loon, Northern Loon, Great loon, Black-billed Diver
Old latin name for birdColymbus immer, Colymbus glacialis, Urinator imber, Gavia imber, Colymbus imber
OrderDivers / Gaviiformes
FamilyLoons / Gaviidae
GenusGavia
Breeding regionEurasia, North America
Breeding subregionw, se Greenland, Iceland; subarctic to temperate n North America; w Alaska mainland to n tier of contiguous USA, across subarctic Canada to s Baffin I. and New England
Non breeding regioninshore waters: to nw Europe; Aleutian Is., s Baja California and Gulf of California (nw Mexico); w North Atlantic coast to Florida, Gulf of Mexico to ne Mexico

Common Loon bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Lance A. M. Benner
    United States
  • 2.
    Flight call, © Richard E. Webster
    Canada
  • 3.
    Call, © Richard E. Webster
    Canada
  • 4.
    Flight call, © Martin St-Michel
    Canada
  • 5.
    Call, song, © Fernand DEROUSSEN
    Iceland
  • 6.
    Wail call, © Todd Wilson
    United States
  • 7.
    Call, © Fernand DEROUSSEN
    Iceland
  • 8.
    Tremelo call, © Todd Wilson
    United States
  • 9.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Canada
  • 10.
    Song, © Fernand DEROUSSEN
    Iceland
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Translation

LanguageTranslation
AlbanianNori polar
Azerbaijaniqütb qaqarı
Bashkirполяр ҡағарағы , поляр ҡағараҡ
BasqueAliota handia, Aliota handi, Calàbria grossa
BelarusianЧарнадзюбы гагач
Bengali঩াচত রুন
BretonSplujer bras, Ar splujer bras
BulgarianЧерноклюн гмуркач, Полярен гмуркач, Северен гмуркач
Catalancalàbria grossa
Chinese普通潜鸟
Chinese (Traditional)普通潛鳥
Chuvashхура сăмсаллă гагара
CornishSedhor bras
Creemakooa, mâkwa, mwâkwa
Croatianveliki plijenor, Sjeverni plijenor
Czechpotáplice lední
DanishIslom
DutchIJsduiker
EsperantoGranda kolimbo
Estonianjääkaur
FaroeseImbrimil, Helsiont, Havgás
Finnishamerikanjääkuikka
FrenchPlongeon huard, Huart à collier, Plongeon imbrin
FrisianIisdûker
GalicianCalàbria grossa, Mobella grande
GermanEistaucher
GreekΠαγoβoύτι, Παγοβούτι
Hebrewצוללן צפוני
Hungarianjeges búvár
IcelandicHimbrimi, Himbrini
InuktitutTulik, Tudlik
IrishLóma Mór
ItalianStrolaga maggiore
Japaneseハシグロアビ
Kazakhқаратұмсық маймаққаз, қаратұмсықты маймаққаз, қаратұмсық гагара
Latvianmelngalvas gārgale, polārā gārgale
Lithuanianledinis naras
LuxembourgishÄisdaucher
Macedonianголем морски нуркач
ManxArrag Vooar, Thummeyder
Northern SamiÁhpedovtta
Norwegianislom, Islom
Norwegian NynorskIslom
Polish(nur) lodowiec, lodowiec, nur lodowiec
Portuguesemobelha-grande, Mobêlha-grande
RomanianCufundar mare
RomanshSfunsella da glatsch
RussianЧерноклювая гагара, Полярная гагара, Гагара черноклювая, Темноклювая гагара
Serbianmorski gnjurac veliki, Veliki morski gnjurac, Велики морски гнјурац
Slovakpotáplica ľadová, potáplica veľká
Slovenianledni slapnik
SpanishColimbo Común, Colimbo, Somormujo, Colimbo grande, Colimbo Mayor, Colímbo
Swedishsvartnäbbad islom, Islom
Tatarкара томшыклы гагара
TurkishBuz Dalgıcı, Buz Dalgıçı, buz dalgycy
UkrainianГагара полярна , Полярна гагара, гагара полярна
Uzbekқутб гагараси
WelshTrochydd mawr