Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (41)
- Monotypic
Robert W. Russell
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 15, 2018
Text last updated May 15, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Mobeya de Pacñficu |
| Basque | Pazifikoko aliota |
| Bulgarian | Тихоокеански гмуркач |
| Catalan | calàbria del Pacífic |
| Chinese | 太平洋潛鳥 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 太平洋潛鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 太平洋潜鸟 |
| Croatian | pacifički plijenor |
| Czech | potáplice pacifická |
| Danish | Stillehavslom |
| Dutch | Pacifische Parelduiker |
| English | Pacific Loon |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | Pacific Loon |
| English (UK) | Pacific Diver |
| English (United States) | Pacific Loon |
| Finnish | tundrakuikka |
| French | Plongeon du Pacifique |
| French (France) | Plongeon du Pacifique |
| Galician | Mobella do Pacífico |
| German | Pazifiktaucher |
| Greek | Λαμπροβούτι του Ειρηνικού |
| Hebrew | צוללן פסיפי |
| Hungarian | Alaszkai búvár |
| Icelandic | Hafbrúsi |
| Japanese | シロエリオオハム |
| Korean | 회색머리아비 |
| Lithuanian | Ramiojo vandenyno juodakaklis naras |
| Norwegian | amerikastorlom |
| Polish | nur pacyficzny |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Mobelha-do-pacífico |
| Romanian | Cufundar de Pacific |
| Russian | Белошейная гагара |
| Serbian | Pacifički morski gnjurac |
| Slovak | potáplica bledotylová |
| Slovenian | Tihomorski viharnik |
| Spanish | Colimbo del Pacífico |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Colimbo del Pacífico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colimbo del Pacífico |
| Swedish | stillahavslom |
| Turkish | İnce Gagalı Dalgıç |
| Ukrainian | Гагара білошия |
Gavia pacifica (Lawrence, 1858)
PROTONYM:
Colymbus pacificus
Lawrence, 1858. Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Vol. IX 9, p.liv,889.
TYPE LOCALITY:
San Diego, California, and Puget Sound; restricted to San Diego by Grinnell, 1932, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 38, p. 260.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GAVIA
- gavia
- pacifica
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Gr.: ancient Greek
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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.
