Genus · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Gavia

WoRMS 137057ITIS 174468key itis:174468

2026-08-05: worms_id 137057 via WoRMS TSN crosswalk (status accepted)

Silhouette · Andy Wilson · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Gavia stellata

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Photograph of Gavia — Photo · Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0 · inat

Loons or divers are a group of aquatic birds found in much of North America and northern Eurasia. All living species of loons are members of the genus Gavia, family Gaviidae, and order Gaviiformes.W CalCOFI holds 926 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1987 and 2022, across 4 taxa under it.R

926
observations: 926
records: 1987–2022
years: 1
datasets: 4
species under it

Observed in

Nothing is keyed to this taxon directly — every observation under it belongs to one of the taxa below.

Under it · 4 taxa

sp Gavia pacifica Pacific Loon562
sp Gavia immer Common Loon180
sp Gavia arctica Arctic Loon143
sp Gavia stellata Red-Throated Loon41

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "itis:174468")

Gavia

Observed in

Under it · 4 taxa

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Ways in
i
Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.