© Brian Sullivan
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica
Robert W. Russell
Version: 1.2 — Published May 15, 2018
Sign in to see your badges
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 (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 |
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Arctic Loon in North America.
This species also breeds across northern Eurasia and winters primarily in coastal areas of the northeastern Atlantic south to the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian seas and the western Pacific, south to China and Japan. See text for details.
