IUCN and region codes at bottom of page.
Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
| - GAVIIFORMES |
| Black-throated Loon i | Gaviidae | Gavia arctica | PAL, NA | Arctic to temperate n, c Eurasia and far w Alaska | to coastal s European and w Asia seas; to Japan and Korean Pen. |
| Common Loon i | Gaviidae | Gavia immer | NA, PAL | 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 | 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 |
| Pacific Loon i | Gaviidae | Gavia pacifica | NA, PAL | high Arctic to subarctic: Yana and Indigirka rivers e to Chukotka (nc, ne Siberia), Wrangel I. (n of ne Siberia), Alaska, wc British Columbia, and n Canada to Baffin I. and James Bay (ne, se Canada) | to Japan, Korean Pen. and n Yellow Sea (ne China); c Baja California (nw Mexico) |
| Red-throated Loon i | Gaviidae | Gavia stellata | NA, PAL | high Arctic to subarctic: sw, se Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., n British Isles, n Scandinavia, Svalbard (n of Norway), n Russia to Chukotka Pen., Kamchatka and Sakhalin and s to Lake Baikal (e Russia); Aleutian Is., Alaska mainland to nw British Columbia | North Atlantic and North Pacific coasts and seas: s to n Florida, Iberian Pen., Mediterranean, Black and Caspian seas; Japan, Korean Pen. and Yellow Sea; to n Baja California (nw Mexico) |
| Yellow-billed Loon (NT) i | Gaviidae | Gavia adamsii | NA, PAL | Arctic nw Russia from Novaya Zemlya to Chukotka Pen.; nw, n Alaska and n Canada to Nunavut (ec Canada) | to n Norway; Japan and Korean Pen.; coastal sw British Columbia; prone to extreme vagrancy, Europe and North America |
100% 5 species of 5 (0 extinct).
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| IUCN Status Codes |
| EX | Extinct |
| EW | Extinct in the wild |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| NT | Near Threatened |
| LC | Least Concern |
| DD | Data deficient |
| NE | Not evaluated |
LC not shown.
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| Breeding Range Codes |
| AF | Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) |
| AN | Antarctica |
| AO | Atlantic Ocean |
| AU | Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea
and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the
Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) |
| PAL | Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the
Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) |
| IO | Indian Ocean |
| LA | Latin America (Middle and South America) |
| MA | Middle America (Mexico through Panama) |
| NA | North America (includes the Caribbean) |
| NO | Northern oceans |
| OR | Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the
Philippines, and Greater Sundas) |
| PO | Pacific Ocean |
| SA | South America |
| SO | Southern oceans |
| TO | Temperate oceans |
| TrO | Tropical oceans |
| Worldwide | Worldwide |
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