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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Gavia stellata

Red-Throated Loon

WoRMS 137188ITIS 174474key itis:174474
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2026-08-05: worms_id 137188 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 adult Red-throated Loon in breeding plumage swimming in Iceland.
Photo · Ómar Runólfsson · CC BY 2.0 · commons

The red-throated loon or red-throated diver is a migratory aquatic bird found in the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed member of the loon or diver family, it breeds primarily in Arctic regions, and it winters in northern coastal waters.W CalCOFI holds 41 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1989 and 2020.R

41
observations
41
records
41
sampling events
1989–2020
years
1
datasets

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Groups

calcofi:seabirds

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/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Seabirds & Marine Mammals table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/farallon_bird-mammal.html?&taxon_key=%22itis:174474%22