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

Gavia adamsii (Gray, 1859)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

GaviaJ. R. Forster, 1788accepted genus name

Species group names

Colymbus adamsii Gray, 1859 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: hvidnæbbet lom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: geelsnavelduiker sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: white-billed diver; yellow-billed diver; yellow-billed loon sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).
 French: plongeon à bec blanc sources: 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.
 German: Gelbschnabel-Eistaucher; Gelbschnabeltaucher sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: צוללן sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: ハシジロアビ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: geltonsnapis naras sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: gulnebblom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: gulnebblom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: nur białodzioby sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: белоклювая гагара; или белоносая гагара sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: rumenokljuni slapnik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: colimbo de Adams sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: vitnäbbad islom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: sarı gagalı dalgıç sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Білодзьоба гагара; Гагара білодзьоба; Гагара полярна sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: trochydd pigwyn

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

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

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

Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Gavia adamsii (Gray, 1859). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137185

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Gavia adamsii (Gray, 1859). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d52cdfd7-d7f5-40d0-8ab4-9f6b77f49b05

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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