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The Yellow-billed Diver is a diving bird species, characterized by its distinctive yellow bill, that inhabits aquatic environments. It represents an important part of freshwater and marine ecosystems, serving as an indicator of water habitat health and contributing to the ecological balance of the regions where it lives.
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Species
white-billed diver
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGaviiformes
- FamilyGaviidae
Habitatmarine
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The yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii), also known as the white-billed diver, is the largest member of the loon or diver family. Breeding adults have a black head, white underparts and a chequered black-and-white mantle. Non-breeding plumage is drabber with the chin and foreneck white. Its main distinguishing feature is the long straw-yellow bill, which, because the culmen is straight, appears slightly uptilted.
It breeds in the Arctic and winters mainly at sea along the coasts of the northern Pacific Ocean and northwestern Norway; it also sometimes overwinters on large inland lakes. It occasionally strays well south of its normal wintering range and has been recorded as a vagrant in more than 22 countries. This species, like all divers, is a specialist fish-eater, catching its prey underwater. Its call is an eerie wailing, lower-pitched than the common loon.