Arctic Loon Gavia arctica Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (49)
- Subspecies (2)
Robert W. Russell
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Nori gushëzi |
| Arabic | غواص قطبي |
| Armenian | Սևախածի սուզահավ |
| Asturian | Mobeya ñrica |
| Azerbaijani | Qaradöş qaqar |
| Basque | Aliota artikoa |
| Bulgarian | Черногуш гмуркач |
| Catalan | calàbria agulla |
| Chinese | 黑喉潛鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黑喉潜鸟 |
| Croatian | crnogrli plijenor |
| Czech | potáplice severní |
| Danish | Sortstrubet Lom |
| Dutch | Parelduiker |
| English | Arctic Loon |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | Arctic Loon |
| English (UK) | Black-throated Diver |
| English (United States) | Arctic Loon |
| Faroese | Øssvartur lómur |
| Finnish | kuikka |
| French | Plongeon arctique |
| French (France) | Plongeon arctique |
| Galician | Mobella ártica |
| German | Prachttaucher |
| Greek | Λαμπροβούτι |
| Hebrew | צוללן שחור-גרון |
| Hungarian | Sarki búvár |
| Icelandic | Glitbrúsi |
| Italian | Strolaga mezzana |
| Japanese | オオハム |
| Korean | 큰회색머리아비 |
| Latvian | Melnkakla gārgale |
| Lithuanian | Juodakaklis naras |
| Mongolian | Хилэн гүеэт гахууна |
| Norwegian | storlom |
| Persian | غواص گلوسیاه |
| Polish | nur czarnoszyi |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Mobelha-de-garganta-preta |
| Romanian | Cufundar polar |
| Russian | Чернозобая гагара |
| Serbian | Crnogrli morski gnjurac |
| Slovak | potáplica stredná |
| Slovenian | Polarni slapnik |
| Spanish | Colimbo Ártico |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Colimbo Ártico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colimbo ártico |
| Swedish | storlom |
| Turkish | Kara Gerdanlı Dalgıç |
| Ukrainian | Гагара чорношия |
Gavia arctica (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Colymbus arcticus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.135.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe and North America; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 52.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GAVIA
- gavia
- arctica
- Arctica
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Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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