Gavia arctica Linnaeus 1758 (Arctic loon)

Aves - Gaviiformes - Gaviidae

Alternative combination: Colymbus arcticus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Gavia according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also del Hoyo et al. 2014, Guthrie 1992, Linnaeus 1758, Varricchio 2002, Wetmore 1956 and Zelenkov et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Gavia adamsii, Gavia brodkorbi, Gavia concinna, Gavia egeriana, Gavia fortis, Gavia howardae, Gavia immer, Gavia moldavica, Gavia pacifica, Gavia paradoxa, Gavia pusilla, Gavia schultzi, Gavia stellata

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon collections), Finland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1), United States (5: Alaska, California)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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