Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (40)
- Monotypic
Brian D. Uher-Koch, Michael R. North, and Joel A. Schmutz
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Basque | Aliota mokohoria |
| Bulgarian | Жълтоклюн гмуркач |
| Catalan | calàbria de bec pàl·lid |
| Chinese | 白嘴潛鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黄嘴潜鸟 |
| Croatian | žutokljuni plijenor |
| Czech | potáplice žlutozobá |
| Danish | Hvidnæbbet Lom |
| Dutch | Geelsnavelduiker |
| English | Yellow-billed Loon |
| English (UK) | White-billed Diver |
| English (United States) | Yellow-billed Loon |
| Faroese | Nevgulur lómur |
| Finnish | jääkuikka |
| French | Plongeon à bec blanc |
| French (France) | Plongeon à bec blanc |
| German | Gelbschnabeltaucher |
| Greek | Κιτρινόραμφο Παγοβούτι |
| Hebrew | צוללן לבן-מקור |
| Hungarian | Fehércsőrű búvár |
| Icelandic | Svalbrúsi |
| Italian | Strolaga beccogiallo |
| Japanese | ハシジロアビ |
| Korean | 흰부리아비 |
| Latvian | Dzeltenknābja gārgale |
| Lithuanian | Geltonsnapis naras |
| Norwegian | gulnebblom |
| Polish | nur białodzioby |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Mobelha-de-bico-amarelo |
| Romanian | Cufundar cu cioc alb |
| Russian | Белоклювая гагара |
| Serbian | Žutokljuni morski gnjurac |
| Slovak | potáplica bielozobá |
| Slovenian | Rumenokljuni slapnik |
| Spanish | Colimbo de Adams |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Colimbo Pico Amarillo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colimbo de Adams |
| Swedish | vitnäbbad islom |
| Turkish | Sarı Gagalı Dalgıç |
| Ukrainian | Гагара білодзьоба |
Gavia adamsii (Gray, 1859)
PROTONYM:
Colymbus adamsii
Gray, 1859. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 27(2), p.167.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Russian America. Type from Alaska.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GAVIA
- gavia
- adamsi / adamsii
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Yellow-billed Loon
