Loons

Black-throated Loon

Gavia arctica

The Black-throated Loon (Gavia arctica) is a 2.3 kg wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Loons

Order

Gaviiformes

Weight

2.3 kg

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

40

Recorded in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Estonia, France, Russia, Germany, United States, Italy, Bulgaria, Poland, Turkey, Spain, Belgium, Ukraine, Czechia, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Republic of Korea, Greece, Japan, Romania, Mongolia, Slovenia, Ireland, Georgia, Belarus, Lithuania, Iceland, China, Hungary, Latvia, Isle of Man, Serbia, Slovakia, Åland.

Where to see it: Maridalen · uspesifisert (Norway); Põõsaspea neem (Estonia); Kolka (Latvia); Antifer (France); Grenen, Skagen (Denmark).

Photo: (c) Сергей Грабчак, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist