Loons & Grebes
Photo Left: Common Loon with chicks on his back.
Loon Classification
All living species are placed in the genus Gavia. Phylogenetically, the 5 living species can be arranged as follows:
Basal lineage
Basal lineage
- Red-throated Loon or Red-throated Diver, Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Loon, Arctic Loon, or Black-throated Diver, Gavia arctica
- Pacific Loon or Pacific Diver, Gavia pacifica (formerly in G. arctica)
- Great Northern Loon, Common Loon, or Great Northern Diver, Gavia immer
- Yellow-billed Loon or White-billed Diver, Gavia adamsii
Grebe Classification
Image Left - A Little Grebe by BS Thurner Hof
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Web Resources
Cornell Lab of Ornithology - The Common Loon
National Geographic - The Commons Loon
Cornell Lab of Ornithology - The Pacific Loon
Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Clark's Grebe
Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Eared Grebe
Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Pied-billed Grebe
Cornell Lab of Ornithology - The Common Loon
National Geographic - The Commons Loon
Cornell Lab of Ornithology - The Pacific Loon
Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Clark's Grebe
Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Eared Grebe
Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Pied-billed Grebe
Lesson #8 Live Class Videos
Loons
Grebes