Bazsites.com Gaviiformes

Directory Topics

White-billed Diver (Gavia adamsii) - Images of a bird in Lincolnshire, UK.
Gavia stellata (Red-Throated Loon) - Taxonomy, distribution, physical characteristics, and natural history of this bird.
Gavia pacifica (Pacific Loon) - Scientific classification, food habits, behavior, and habitat of this species.
Common Loon (Gavia immer) - Photo, range maps, and facts on this bird's habitat, nesting, and behavior.
Arctic Loon (Gavia arctica) - Images of this species in Japan.
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) - Species account describes this bird's identifying traits, nesting, diet, and taxonomy.
Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii) - Image, taxonomy chart, identification tips, and facts about this species' breeding.
Common Loon (Gavia immer) - Describes the appearance of this bird in breeding plumage and winter plumage. Includes facts about its diet and nesting.
Arctic Loon (Gavia arctica) - Habits, breeding, migration, and distribution. Includes a photo.
Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica) - Video, identification tips, and European range.

Colymbiformes - Colymbiformes is a disused order of birds that was once used to classify grebes and loons. Scientific study has revealed that these two types of waterbirds are not so closely related; they have been reclassified in the orders Podicipediformes and Gaviiformes, respectively.