red-throated diver
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/RedthroatedLoon23.jpg/220px-RedthroatedLoon23.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From the fact that the species is a diver with a red throat.
Noun
[edit]red-throated diver (plural red-throated divers)
- Gavia stellata, the smallest member of the loon or diver family, breeding in northern Eurasia and Arctic Canada, with grey head, red throat, white underparts and dark mantle.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]loon
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Further reading
[edit]red-throated loon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Gavia stellata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies