Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)

Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)
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Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)
About Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Pelicans
- Family: Loons
The yellow-billed loon, 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 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.
Source: Wikipedia
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