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Yellow-billed Diver
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species of bird
OverviewAI-generated
The Yellow-billed Diver, scientifically named *Gavia adamsii*, is a species of bird within the family Gaviidae. It belongs to the order Gaviiformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The taxon is accepted under the authority of Gray, 1859, and its parent taxon is *Gavia*. Common names for this organism include Yellow-billed Loon, Gelbschnabeltaucher, Colimbo de Adams, trochydd pigwyn, and white-billed diver.
This marine species has a wingspan of 144.5 and a mass of 160. It typically has a litter size of 2. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Near Threatened in 2018.
Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, WoRMS, IUCN Red List, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Yellow-billed Diver is referenced by 142 other articles, and connects out to Galliformes, bird and beak.
It is catalogued under topics including Birds described in 1859, Birds of the Arctic and Gaviiformes.
Its subject is documented across 56 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Near Threatenedwhite-billed diver
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGaviiformes
- FamilyGaviidae
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Gavia
- Mass
- 5.056
- Image
- Yellow-billed Loon Chipp South 8-12-13 Ryan Askren.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Near Threatened
- taxon name
- Gavia adamsii
- Commons category
- Gavia adamsii
- Commons gallery
- Gavia adamsii
- taxon common name
- 黄嘴潜鸟
- wingspan
- 144.5
- litter size
- 2
- short name
- G. adamsii
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yellow-billed Diver” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.