Yellow-billed Loon

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Japanese name: ハシジロアビ Hashijiro-abi

Gavia adamsii

Winter visitor. Common around Hokkaido and Honshu (Tohoku and Kanto area), but there are not many populations.

Fig.1. Adult summer.

Fig.2. Adult summer. Same bird as Fig. 1.

Fig. 3. Presumed 2nd-summer.

Fig. 4. Adult winter.

Fig.5. Adult winter. Same bird as Fig. 4.

Fig.6. Adult winter. Same bird as Fig. 4.

Fig.7. Juvnile.

Fig.9. 1st summer.

Fig.10. 1st summer. Same bird as Fig. 9.

Fig. 11. Dec. 24 2018. Nemuro, Hokkaido. Adult winter.

Fig. 12. Dec. 24 2018. Nemuro, Hokkaido. Adult winter. Same bird as Fig. 11.

Fig. 13. Dec. 24 2018. Nemuro, Hokkaido. Adult winter. Same bird as Fig. 11.