Red-throated Loon

	Red-throated 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:	A sleek and slender bird with a cylindrical body and long neck marked in a red throat. The neck and face are white, the top of the head and back of the neck are gray., and the wings, back and body are white speckled with black.
	Physical Statistics:	Length: 21 - 27 Inches (53 - 69 Centimeters) Weight: 2 - 6 Pounds (1 - 3 Kilograms) Wingspan: 39 - 47 Inches (100 - 120 Centimeters)
	Behavior:	Red-throated Loons live in watery areas, and they make their nests on the shore. They are active during the day, and they dive from the surface to get fish.
	Social Organization:	Migratory Flock; Red-throated Loons visit the forest in Spring and Fall when they pass through on their way to other locations.
	Approval Level*:	Moderator; Ducks are rare due to a lack of ponds and lakes in the forest.
	Kill Difficulty:	Moderate; Red-Throated Loons are large birds with the ability to deliver a solid buffet with their wings to an attacking cat.
	Hunting Difficulty:	Specialty - Duck; Hunters must carefully ambush them from the shore. Failure in a kill results in the bird either flying off, swimming away, or diving and vanishing into the water.
	Food Quality:	High; Red-throated Loons are large and yield rich flesh.
*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.