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Hul’q’umi’num’ Name: swakwun

Taxon Name: Gavia immer

“Common” Name: Common Loon

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Ecological Community: Marine

Wikipedia summary:

The common loon or great northern diver (Gavia immer) is a large member of the loon, or diver, family of birds. Breeding adults have a plumage that includes a broad black head and neck with a greenish, purplish, or bluish sheen, blackish or blackish-grey upperparts, and pure white underparts except some black on the undertail coverts and vent. Non-breeding adults are brownish with a dark

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Observational Data:

   First reported: 2023-04-15
   Source: iNat
   Last reported: 2023-04-15
   Source: iNat
   Obervation count: 1