Gaviiformes
| Gaviiformes Temporal range: | |
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| Common loon (Gavia immer) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Phaethoquornithes |
| Clade: | Aequornithes |
| Order: | Gaviiformes Wetmore & Miller, 1926 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Colymbiformes Sharpe, 1891 | |
Gaviiformes (/ˈɡævi.ɪfɔːrmiːz/) is an order of aquatic birds containing the loons or divers and their closest extinct relatives. Modern gaviiformes are found in many parts of North America and northern Eurasia (Europe, Asia and debatably Africa), though prehistoric species were more widespread.
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