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Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
Brian D. Uher-Koch, Michael R. North, and Joel A. Schmutz
Version: 2.0 — Published August 21, 2019
Version: 2.0 — Published August 21, 2019
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Жълтоклюн гмуркач |
| Chinese | 白嘴潛鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黄嘴潜鸟 |
| Croatian | žutokljuni plijenor |
| Czech | potáplice žlutozobá |
| Danish | Hvidnæbbet Lom |
| Dutch | Geelsnavelduiker |
| English | Yellow-billed Loon |
| English (UK) | White-billed Diver |
| English (United States) | Yellow-billed Loon |
| Faroese | Nevgulur lómur |
| Finnish | jääkuikka |
| French | Plongeon à bec blanc |
| French (French Guiana) | Plongeon à bec blanc |
| German | Gelbschnabeltaucher |
| Greek | Κιτρινόραμφο Παγοβούτι |
| Hebrew | צוללן לבן-מקור |
| Hungarian | Fehércsőrű búvár |
| Icelandic | Svalbrúsi |
| Italian | Strolaga beccogiallo |
| Japanese | ハシジロアビ |
| Korean | 흰부리아비 |
| Latvian | Dzeltenknābja gārgale |
| Lithuanian | Geltonsnapis naras |
| Norwegian | gulnebblom |
| Polish | nur białodzioby |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Mobelha-de-bico-amarelo |
| Romanian | Cufundar cu cioc alb |
| Russian | Белоклювая гагара |
| Serbian | Žutokljuni morski gnjurac |
| Slovak | potáplica bielozobá |
| Slovenian | Rumenokljuni slapnik |
| Spanish | Colimbo de Adams |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Colimbo Pico Amarillo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colimbo de Adams |
| Swedish | vitnäbbad islom |
| Turkish | Sarı Gagalı Dalgıç |
| Ukrainian | Гагара білодзьоба |
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- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Yellow-billed Loon in North America.
Breeding occurs in widely scattered suitable lakes within this area. May occur in winter on large lakes and reservoirs in the western and mid-western United States. Casual in winter in Aleutians, and along the Pacific coast south to the U.S.–Mexico border.