Editing Black-throated loon (section)

==Distribution and habitat==
The black-throated loon has a large range, breeding taking place across northern Europe, Asia,<ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021" /> and the [[Seward Peninsula]] in Alaska.<ref name="Floyd2008"/> When breeding, it is found in the area around isolated, deep freshwater lakes<ref name="Hauber2014"/> larger than {{convert|0.1|km2|mi2}},<ref name="Hakeetal.2005">{{cite journal|last1=Hake|first1=Mikael|last2=Dahlgren|first2=Tomas|last3=Åhlund|first3=Matti|last4=Lindberg|first4=Peter|last5=Eriksson|first5=Mats O. G.|title=The impact of water level fluctuation on the breeding success of the black-throated diver ''Gavia arctica'' in south-west Sweden|journal=Ornis Fennica|volume=82|issue=1|pages=1–12|issn=0030-5685}}</ref> especially those with inlets,<ref name="hbw"/> as it prefers to face only small stretches of open water.<ref name="MudgeTalbot1992"/> When it is not breeding, this loon moves in a general southward direction and towards ice-free sea,<ref name="hbw"/> usually wintering in coasts on north-east Atlantic Ocean and those on the eastern and western Pacific Ocean, such as the coasts of Japan.<ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021" /> During this time, its habitat is usually inshore waters along sheltered coasts, although it will sometimes be found inland, in places such as the Mediterranean and Black seas.<ref name="hbw"/>