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The
Red-throated Diver, known in North America as Red-throated
Loon (Gavia stellata) is the smallest member of the loon
or diver family, typically 55-67 cm (24" to 27")
in length with a 91-110 cm wingspan. The most widely distributed
diver, it breeds in northern Eurasia and Arctic Canada.
It winters over a much wider range on coasts and on large
lakes. Breeding adults have a grey head, red throat, white
underparts and dark mantle. Non-breeding plumage is drabber
with the chin, foreneck and much of the face white. Its
thin upturned bill is grey or whitish; the upward turn
is unique among diver species. This species, like all
divers, is a specialist fish-eater, diving over 25 feet
to catch its prey. It is the only species of diver that
can take off directly from land. It flies with neck outstretched.
The call is an a yodelling high-pitched wailing. |
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The
Red-throated Diver, known in North America as Red-throated
Loon (Gavia stellata) is the smallest member of the loon
or diver family, typically 55-67 cm (24" to 27")
in length with a 91-110 cm wingspan. The most widely distributed
diver, it breeds in northern Eurasia and Arctic Canada.
It winters over a much wider range on coasts and on large
lakes. Breeding adults have a grey head, red throat, white
underparts and dark mantle. Non-breeding plumage is drabber
with the chin, foreneck and much of the face white. Its
thin upturned bill is grey or whitish; the upward turn
is unique among diver species. This species, like all
divers, is a specialist fish-eater, diving over 25 feet
to catch its prey. It is the only species of diver that
can take off directly from land. It flies with neck outstretched.
The call is an a yodelling high-pitched wailing. |
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