Common Loon

	Common Loon
	Cat Given Name:	Duck
	Common Name(s):	Common Loon,  Mallard,  Canvasback,  Horned Grebe,  Wood Duck,  Green-winged Teal,  Red-throated Loon,  Ruddy Duck,  Blue-winged Teal,  Bufflehead,  Northern Shoveler,  Gadwall,  American Wigeon,  Redhead,  Common Goldeneye,  Long-tailed Duck,  Hooded Merganser,  Lesser Scaup,  Common Merganser,  Pied-billed Grebe,  Ring-necked Duck,  Red-breasted Merganser,  Greater Scaup,  American Black Duck
	Other Name(s):	Great Northern Diver,  Wild Duck,  Slavonian Grebe,  Devil-diver,  Hell-diver,  Pink-Eyed Diver,  Water Witch,  Carolina Duck,  Red-throated Diver,  Shoveler,  American Widgeon,  Baldplate,  Oldsquaw,  Harelda hyemalis,  Mergus cucullatus
	Scientific Name(s):	Gavia immer,  Anas platyrhynchos,  Aythya valisineria,  Podiceps auritus,  Aix sponsa,  Anas carolinensis,  Gavia stellata,  Oxyura jamaicensis,  Anas discors,  Bucephala albeola,  Anas clypeata,  Anas strepera,  Anas americana,  Aythya americana,  Bucephala clangula,  Clangula hyemalis,  Lophodytes cucullatus,  Mergus merganser,  Anas rubripes
	Physical Description:	The Common Loon is a large waterbird with a long body that slopes to the rear and a long pointed bill. In water, they can be recognized by how they sit low on the surface.
	Physical Statistics:	Length: 26 - 36 Inches (66-91 Centimeter) Weight: 88 - 215 Ounces (2500 - 6100 Grams) Wingspan: 41 - 52 Inches (104 - 131 Centimeters)
	Behavior:	Loons can be found in lakes and ponds throughout the forest, with their nests along the shoreline or on islands in the body of water that they frequent. They can be seen diving underwater to hunt fish.
	Social Organization:	Loons will sometimes swim in informal groups.
	Approval Level*:	Moderator; Loons are somewhat common in general, but rare in the territories of the clan cats due to the lack of open water.
	Kill Difficulty:	Moderate; Like most birds, they could fly away when threatened, but if ambushed correctly, they are practically defenseless.
	Hunting Difficulty:	Specialty - Duck; Hunters of this bird will have to know the proper way to hunt an animal that only comes out of water to mate and raise its young.
	Food Quality:	High; Their large mass and diet of fish provides good quality as much as quantity.
*Some creatures require approval to appear in RP. This is to make sure the Admins and Mods who need to know are fully aware of a species currently active in their area. These ratings are mainly for those creatures that are uncommon or pose a threat of some sort to the cats.