Red-throated Loon Photo Gallery
Breeding adult
Small loon with a long and slender bill often held slightly raised. Breeding adults have a red throat patch and a plain gray head.
© Tyler Ficker | Macaulay LibraryAlaska, June 17, 2018Nonbreeding adult
Small loon with a thin bill typically held above horizontal. Nonbreeding birds have more white on the neck and face than other loons.
© Dorian Anderson | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, December 08, 2018Adults and juvenile
Note distinctive posture, sitting low in the water with the fairly slender bill raised slightly above horizontal.
© Larry Arbanas | Macaulay LibraryAlaska, June 28, 2007Not all videos have soundImmature
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.
© Joshua Covill | Macaulay LibraryWashington, December 04, 2016Nonbreeding adult
In flight appears hunchbacked.
© Eric Ellingson | Macaulay LibraryWashington, March 20, 2020Nonbreeding adult
Holds bill up and often sits lower in the water than other loons. Nonbreeding birds have extensive white on the neck and face.
© Jay McGowan | Macaulay LibraryNew York, December 30, 2020Nonbreeding adult
Often sits lower in the water than other loons and holds bill upward.
© Jonathan Eckerson | Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, January 21, 2017Breeding adult
Breeds in wetlands and bogs on arctic tundra.
© Kai Frueh | Macaulay LibrarySuðurland, June 05, 2017Compare with Similar Species
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