Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellata
Photo: Ómar Runólfsson / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
The Red-throated Loon is a waterbird skilled at diving, grayish-brown with a white throat in winter. It breeds near the Arctic in summer and migrates to Japan's coasts for winter. Off Toyohama-cho in Kure, Hiroshima, its gatherings in pursuit of small fish have long been known, and these waters are a national Natural Monument as the "Loon Wintering and Gathering Waters."
- Scientific name
- Gavia stellata
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Hiroshima
- 日本語
- アビ
- 简体中文
- 红喉潜鸟
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The Red-throated Loon is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Hiroshima.
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