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Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)

Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)
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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