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common loon (Gavia immer) red-throated loon
Listen: The song of the common loon
Arctic loon common loons (Gavia immer) common loon (Gavia immer)
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Listen: The song of the common loon
The common loon, or Gavia immer, is found in Canada and the United States....
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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common loon (Gavia immer)
Common loon, or great northern diver (Gavia immer)
© Mircea Costina/Shutterstock.com
red-throated loon
Red-throated loon (Gavia stellata).
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Arctic loon
Arctic loon (Gavia arctica).
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
common loons (Gavia immer)
Common loons, or great northern divers (Gavia immer) swimming with young.
© Jupiterimages—PHOTOS.com/Getty Images Plus
common loon (Gavia immer)
Common loon (Gavia immer) nesting.
© Jupiterimages—PHOTOS.com/Getty Images Plus