Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
About the Pacific Loon
The Pacific loon or Pacific diver (Gavia pacifica) is a medium-sized member of the loon, or diver, family. The Pacific loon, previously considered conspecific with the similar black-throated loon, was classified as a separate species in 1985. The genus name Gavia comes from the Latin for "sea mew", as used by ancient Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder. The specific epithet pacifica is Latin for the Pacific Ocean, the term meaning "peaceful".
A real field recording of the Pacific Loon. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Canada, Russia, United States · xeno-canto lists 26 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Black-throated LoonGavia arcticarecording
- Common LoonGavia immerrecording
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellatarecording
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsiiprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.