Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Gaviiformes > Family Gaviidae > Genus Gavia

Gavia immer (Brünnich, 1764)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Colymbus

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gavia*		accepted genus name

Species group names

*Colymbus immer*	Brünnich, 1764	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: nori i madh sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): islom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Черноклюн гмуркач sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: islom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: ijsduiker sources: Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: common loon; great northern diver; great northern loon; great-northern diver sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.;Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Great Northern Diver; Great-northern Diver sources: Charles Hussey

French: plongeon imbrin sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Gaelic: lóma mór sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Lóma mór

German: Eistaucher sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Greek: Παγοβούτι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Lóma mór sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): צוללן sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: strolaga maggiore sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: ledinis naras sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: islom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: islom sources: Orn. Boreal. p. 38

Norwegian Nynorsk: islom sources: Orn. Boreal. p. 38

Nynorsk (Norwegian): islom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: lodowiec; nur lodowiec sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: cufundar guşă roşie sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: полярная гагара sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: lóma mór sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: ledni slapnik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: colimbo grande sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: svartnäbbad islom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: buz dalgici; buz dalgıcı; buz dalgıçı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Гагара білодзьоба; Полярна гагара sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: trochydd mawr

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (1822 nucleotides; 122 proteins)
Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (295 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Gavia immer (Brünnich, 1764). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137187

Drs Cees Roselaar. Gavia immer (Brünnich, 1764). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96568