Yellow-billed Diver
CR

Yellow-billed Diver

Gavia adamsii

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Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC) via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-billed_loon

Overview

A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.

The Yellow-billed Diver faces severe threats from climate change impacts on Arctic breeding habitats, including altered ice conditions and changing prey availability. Industrial development, oil spills, and pollution in both breeding and wintering areas pose additional significant risks to this Arctic specialist. Conservation status may vary by region or assessment authority.

Threat summary

Habitat

Arctic and subarctic freshwater lakes and coastal waters for breeding, typically in tundra regions of northern Alaska, Canada, and Russia. Winters primarily in coastal marine waters along temperate and subarctic coastlines of the North Pacific and North Atlantic.

FRESHWATER· majorMARINE· majorTERRESTRIAL· major

Other threatened species in Gaviidae

Great Northern LoonEN

Great Northern Loon

Gavia immer

Unknown

Frequently asked questions

Why is Yellow-billed Diver classified as Critically Endangered?
Yellow-billed Diver is classified as Critically Endangered — facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild — because population sizes are very small, declining sharply, or restricted to a tiny range. The Yellow-billed Diver faces severe threats from climate change impacts on Arctic breeding habitats, including altered ice conditions and changing prey availability. Industrial development, oil spills, and pollution in both breeding and wintering areas pose additional significant risks to this Arctic specialist. Conservation status may vary by region or assessment authority.
Where does Yellow-billed Diver live?
Yellow-billed Diver occurs in across multiple regions. Country-level distribution data is sourced from the IUCN Red List and cross-referenced with GBIF occurrences.
What are the main threats to Yellow-billed Diver?
The main threats to Yellow-billed Diver are ai-1, ai-2, ai-3, and ai-4. The full IUCN-classified threat record for this species is detailed on the species page.

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