Loons

Yellow-billed Loon

Gavia adamsii

The Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii) is a 4.9 kg wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Loons

Order

Gaviiformes

Weight

4.9 kg

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

17

Photo: Ryan Askren USGS, Alaska Science Center, PUBLIC DOMAIN via Wikimedia Commons