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Red-throated Loon Range Map

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Range Map for Red-throated Loon

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Medium-distance migrant. Migrates both during the day and at night, sometimes in very large flocks mixed with other loons.

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Loons(Order: Gaviiformes, Family: Gaviidae)

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