Small loon with a long and slender bill often held slightly raised. Breeding adults have a red throat patch and a plain gray head.
Small loon with a thin bill typically held above horizontal. Nonbreeding birds have more white on the neck and face than other loons.
Note distinctive posture, sitting low in the water with the fairly slender bill raised slightly above horizontal.
Small loon with a thin bill typically held raised. Often sits lower in the water than other loons. Immature birds are pale gray with varying amounts of white on the face and neck.
In flight appears hunchbacked.
Holds bill up and often sits lower in the water than other loons. Nonbreeding birds have extensive white on the neck and face.
Often sits lower in the water than other loons and holds bill upward.
Breeds in wetlands and bogs on arctic tundra.
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A large ducklike seabird with long, sinuous neck, a thin but daggerlike bill, and long, narrow, pointed wings. The legs are set far back on the body and the feet trail behind the tail in flight.
Larger than a Red-breasted Merganser, smaller than a Common Loon.
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