Loons

Birds of North America

Gaviidae

Lives, Habitats & Pictures of the Loons


A mother Common Loon and her two babies riding on her back in Newboro Lake under stormy skies, Ontario, Canada

There are five types of loons in North America, the Common Loon being the most numerous and wide spread among their species. The Pacific Loon and the Arctic Loon are very similar looking birds with the Arctic Loon being the larger bird. The Yellow-billed Loon is the largest member of the loon family, finding its habitat in the Central Arctic to the tip of Alaska. The Red-throated Loon lives right across Northern North America, this is the smallest of the group.

Click on the bird names listed below to see pictures of the Loons of North America
Common Loon

Common Loon

Red-throated Loon

Red-throated Loon

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Classic Collection of North American Birds

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