Birds > Wading Birds
OverviewThe Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), also celebrated across the Old World as the Common Spoonbill, is a stately, snow-white wading bird belonging to the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. Instantly recognized by its long, paddle-shaped bill...
Birds > Loons
OverviewThe Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata), known in North America as the Red-throated Loon, is the smallest, lightest, and most widely distributed member of the ancient loon family Gaviidae. Possessing an extensive circumpolar breeding range across the high...
Birds > Loons
OverviewThe Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica), known across North America as the Arctic Loon, is an ancient, masterfully hydro-dynamically adapted waterbird that represents the epitome of wilderness in the taiga lakes of northern Eurasia. Belonging to the primitive...
