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The Red Throated Loon is also called the Red Throated Diver.

These fish eaters breed in the arctic.

Red Throated Loon
Red Throated Loon (Hugh Vandervoort)

Red Throated Loons are expert fishers. In most cases they swallow their prey underwater. They have a distinctive red patch in the breeding season.

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