Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region
showing areas
 
Gavia immer
Lakes, ponds, rivers.  W Palearctic in Greenland (both coasts), Iceland, Scotland and (probably) Bear I.; N. America from w,c Alaska (Seward Pen., w Aleutian Is., Brooks Range), n Yukon, nw,s Mackenzie, c Keewatin, n Manitoba, n Ontario, s Baffin I., Labrador and Newfoundland s to n Calif. (at least formerly), Nevada, nw Montana, nw Wyoming, N. Dakota, n Iowa, n Illinois, n Indiana, n Ohio, n Pennsylvania, n New York,
s New England and Nova Scotia. 
Winters s to nw Africa, Mediterranean and Black seas, n Mexico and s U.S.

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           -immer, deriva dall' islandico himbrimi e sta per
               l'emissione del proprio caratteristico suono
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Gavia adamsii
Tundra lakes.  N Eurasia along Arctic coasts and is. of n Russia and n Siberia from Kola Pen., Kolguyev I. and s Novaya Zemlya e to Chukotski Pen.; n N. America from w,n Alaska (s to St. Lawrence I. and s Seward Pen.) e to Banks, Victoria and Prince of Wales is. and n Keewatin, and s to ec Mackenzie and ec Keewatin.  Winters w to Greenland, and s to c Europe, China, Japan and n Baja Calif.

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          -adamsii, Edward Adams (1824-1856) esploratore
              inglese dell'artico (1849-1856)
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Gavia immer
Great Northern Diver 
locally not uncommon
has bred Britain

Gavia adamsii
Yellow-billed Diver 
rare

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Index Families

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 2001 by Alberto Masi