Common Loon / Gavia immer LC

• Synonyms Great loon, Black-billed Diver, American common loon, Great Northern Diver, Immer Goose, Loon, Lesser Loon, Great Northern Loon, Great diver, Common Loon/Great Northern Diver, Northern Loon, Black-billed Loon, lesser black-billed loon, Polar Loon
• Old latin name for bird Colymbus glacialis, Gavia imber, Colymbus imber, Urinator imber, Colymbus immer

Common Loonbird sounds *

Related species

Yellow-billed Loon

Black-throated Loon

Pacific Loon

Red-throated Loon

Where to see Common Loon

• Breeding region Eurasia, North America
• Breeding subregion w, 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 region inshore 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

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