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Common loon

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Taxon taxon Q190342
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Summary

Common loon is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.38% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,938 views/month, #749 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Gavia[5]
  • Taxon name: Gavia immer[6]
  • Commons category: Gavia immer[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gavia immer[8]
  • Commons gallery: Gavia immer[9]
  • Short name: G. immer[10]
  • Taxon common name: Common Loon[11], Islom[12], Eistaucher[13], Great Northern Diver[14], Colimbo grande[15], Plongeon huard[16], Strolaga maggiore[17], Черноклювая гагара[18], IJsduiker[19], ハシグロアビ[20], calàbria grossa[21], potáplice lední[22], trochydd mawr[23], jääkaur[24]
  • Mass: 5.46 kg[25], 4.5 kg[26]

Body

Identifiers

Common loon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4626[27]. Common loon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37039[28]. Common loon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45508998[29]. Common loon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481962[30]. Common loon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174469[31].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Common loon include loonie[32], a coin type[33], in Canada[34], founded in 1987[35].

Why It Matters

Common loon has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for it include loonie[32], a coin type[33], in Canada[34], founded in 1987[35].

Related Entities

Minnesota

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q292451
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  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Africa
    Taxon rank → species
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    Mass → {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+5.46'}, {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+4.5'}
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007542990605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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