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[[Image:Green-breasted_Mountain_Gem.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Photo &copy; by {{user|Tom+Jenner|Tom Jenner}}]]
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[[Image:Yellow-billed_Loon.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Non-breeding<br />Photo by {{user|Cancoot|Cancoot}}]]
  
  
==Distribution==
 
  
Central America. This species has a very small world distribution that is limited to the highlands of [[Honduras]] east of the Sula Valley and western [[Nicaragua]].
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==Breeding==
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In North America breeds in northern Alaska and north-central Canada including many of the Arctic islands. In Eurasia breeds on the Arctic coast. Breeds on tundra lakes but coastal on passage and in winter.  
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==Diet==
 
==Diet==
  
Their main diet consists of nectar, though they also eat spiders and small insects.
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Fish, also molluscs and crustaceans caught during 60-120 second dives.
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Revision as of 03:33, 1 December 2022

Featured Article: Yellow-billed Loon
Non-breeding
Photo by Cancoot


Breeding

In North America breeds in northern Alaska and north-central Canada including many of the Arctic islands. In Eurasia breeds on the Arctic coast. Breeds on tundra lakes but coastal on passage and in winter.


Diet

Fish, also molluscs and crustaceans caught during 60-120 second dives.



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