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 immer (Brünnich, 1764)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

GaviaJ. R. Forster, 1788accepted genus name

Species group names

Colymbus immer Brünnich, 1764 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: nori i madh sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Bulgarian: Черноклюн гмуркач sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: islom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: ijsduiker sources: Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.
 English: common loon; great northern diver; great northern loon; great-northern diver sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.;Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 French: plongeon imbrin 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: Eistaucher sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.
 Greek: Παγοβούτι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: צוללן sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: strolaga maggiore sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: ハシグロアビ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: ledinis naras sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: islom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: islom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: islom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: lodowiec; nur lodowiec sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: cufundar guşă roşie sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: полярная гагара sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish Gaelic: lóma mór sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: ledni slapnik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: colimbo grande sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: svartnäbbad islom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: buz dalgici; buz dalgıcı; buz dalgıçı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Гагара білодзьоба; Гагара полярна; Полярна гагара sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: trochydd mawr

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

Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.

additional source

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.

additional source

Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.

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.

additional source

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

additional source

Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.

additional source

Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

additional source

Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.

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.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Gavia immer (Brünnich, 1764). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137187

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Gavia immer (Brünnich, 1764). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/4a83ba40-4507-47f5-af20-6469b7727ff8

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Occurrence

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