Pacific Loon
Gavia pacifica
Photo: Tim Bowman, USFWS Originally uploaded by User Kingturtle on en.wikipedia / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
The Pacific Loon is a large diving bird with a dark gray back and white throat in winter plumage. It breeds in the far north and visits Japan's coasts in winter. Off Toyohama-cho in Kure, Hiroshima, loons are known to gather at the sea surface while following schools of fish, and these waters are a national Natural Monument as the "Loon Wintering and Gathering Waters."
- Scientific name
- Gavia pacifica
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Hiroshima
- 日本語
- シロエリオオハム
- 简体中文
- 太平洋潜鸟
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The Pacific Loon is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Hiroshima.
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