Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Order Gaviiformes

Gaviidae Allen, 1897

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Gavia J. R. Forster, 1788

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: duikers

English: divers; loons sources: MASDEA (1997).;Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).

Japanese: アビ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

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

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

Swedish: lommar

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	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	Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.