Black-throated loon

migratory aquatic bird found in Europe and Asia
Taxon taxon Q184432
Black-throated loon
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Summary

Black-throated loon is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (710 views/month, #1,517 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Gavia[5]
  • Taxon name: Gavia arctica[6]
  • Commons category: Gavia arctica[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gavia arctica[8]
  • Commons gallery: Gavia arctica[9]
  • Described at URL: https://ansiklopedi.tubitak.gov.tr/kutup/ansiklopedi/kara-gerdanli-dalgic[10]
  • Short name: G. arctica[11]
  • Taxon common name: trochydd gyddfddu[12], Black-throated Loon[13], Prachttaucher[14], Colimbo ártico[15], calàbria agulla[16], potáplice severní[17], järvekaur[18], Storlom[19], Чернозобая гагара[20], オオハム[21], Sortstrubet Lom[22], kuikka[23], sarki búvár[24], nur czarnoszyi[25]
  • Wingspan: 1.2 m[26]

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Identifiers

Black-throated loon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4623[27]. Black-throated loon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 57069[28]. Black-throated loon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45508996[29]. Black-throated loon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481959[30]. Black-throated loon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174471[31].

Why It Matters

Black-throated loon has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Flight speeds among bird species: allometric and phylogenetic effects. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 60903
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Salzburgwiki id: 60903, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102089249|Prachttaucher (#102089249)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3987|Salzburgwiki – Taxon"
  2. 22w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Gavia arctica
    Wingspan → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.2'}
    Taxon rank → species
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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