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The common loon is the provincial bird of Ontario and is depicted on the Canadian one-dollar coin, which has come to be known affectionately as the "loonie". [43] The common loon is the official state bird of Minnesota. [44] Mercer, Wisconsin, promotes itself as the "Loon Capital of the World". [45]
The common loon or great northern diver (Gavia immer) is a large member of the loon, or diver, family of birds. Breeding adults have a plumage that includes a broad black head and neck with a greenish, purplish, or bluish sheen, blackish or blackish-grey upperparts, and pure white underparts except some black on the undertail coverts and vent.
Gaviiformes (/ ˈ ɡ æ v i. ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /) is an order of aquatic birds containing the loons or divers and their closest extinct relatives. Modern gaviiformes are found in many parts of North America and northern Eurasia (Europe, Asia and debatably Africa), though prehistoric species were more widespread.
— An $18.5 million facility dedicated to the state bird is expected to break ground this fall and draw 200,000 visitors annually once doors to the Nation Loon Center open here in 2026.
The red-throated loon (North America) or red-throated diver (Britain and Ireland) (Gavia stellata) 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 winters in northern coastal waters. Ranging from 55 to 67 centimetres (22 to ...
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The yellow-billed loon is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies; [12] in the Americas, it is protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. [13] The yellow-billed loon is especially vulnerable because of its low fecundity, and face many threats related to their ...
A haunted loon-call that has carried the peculiarity of his songs with a kind of majesty, and established him as a singular cultural figure. ... The Purple Bird presented many different kinds of ...