Common Loon
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Common Loon

Gavia immer

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Everglades National Park
18 Verified records at Everglades National Park
December Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The common loon or great northern diver (Gavia immer) is a large member of the loon, or diver, family of birds. Breeding adults have a plumage that includes a broad black head and neck with a greenish, purplish, or bluish sheen, blackish or blackish-grey upperparts, and pure white underparts except some black on the undertail coverts and vent. Non-breeding adults are brownish with a dark neck and head marked with dark grey-brown. Their upperparts are dark brownish-grey with an unclear pattern of squares on the shoulders, and the underparts, lower face, chin, and throat are whitish. The sexes look alike, though males are significantly heavier than females. During the breeding season, loons live on lakes and other waterways in Canada, the northern United States (including Alaska), and southern parts of Greenland and Iceland. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Loon sighting in Everglades National Park, based on 18 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

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<5
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<5
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<5
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<5
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<5
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<5
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<5
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<5
Oct
<5
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<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Isle Royale National Park 🇺🇸 United States
70–80%
2 Riding Mountain National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
40–50%
3 Voyageurs National Park 🇺🇸 United States
40–50%
4 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
40–50%
5 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
40–50%
6 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
30–40%
7 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
30–40%
8 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
20–30%
9 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
20–30%
10 Gates of the Arctic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
11 Cape Breton Highlands National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
20–30%
12 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
20–30%
13 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
10–20%
14 Thingvellir National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
10–20%
15 Wood Buffalo National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
10–20%
16 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
10–20%
17 Elk Island National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
10–20%
18 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
19 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
20 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
21 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
22 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
23 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
24 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
5–10%
25 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
26 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
27 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
28 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
29 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
30 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
31 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
32 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
33 Denali National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
34 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
35 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
36 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
37 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
38 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
39 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
40 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
41 Nahanni National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
42 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
43 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
44 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
45 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
46 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
47 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Common Loon in Everglades National Park?

About 0% of wildlife watchers report a Common Loon sighting in Everglades National Park, based on 18 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Common Loon in Everglades National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Common Loon in Everglades National Park in our monthly data.

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