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Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica Scientific name definitions

Robert W. Russell
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 15, 2018

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Figure 1. Distribution of the Pacific Loon in North America. - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Pacific Loon in North America.

This species also breeds and winters in central Asia, and may breed in western Greenland (see text for details). Also a scarce inland transient throughout the western states and provinces and a casual winter vagrant throughout the interior U.S. and along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. See text for details.

Recommended Citation

Russell, R. W. (2020). Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (P. G. Rodewald, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.pacloo.01
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