Loons

Common Loon

Gavia immer

The Common Loon (Gavia immer) is a 5.0 kg wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Loons

Order

Gaviiformes

Weight

5.0 kg

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

26

Recorded in United States, Canada, Norway, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Iceland, Spain, France, Sweden, Ireland, Denmark, Mexico, Belgium, Portugal, Germany, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Greenland, Isle of Man, Faeroe Islands, Switzerland, SJ, Italy, Poland, Czechia, Finland, Austria.

Where to see it: Kaldbakstjarnir (Iceland); Qaqortoq (Greenland); Kirkjubøur (Faroe Islands); Nanortalik (Greenland); Lista Fyr (Norway).

Photo: (c) Betsy Lambert, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist