The common scoter (Melanitta nigra) is a large sea duck, 43–54 cm (17–21 in) in length, which breeds over the far north of Europe and the Palearctic east...
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Together with the common scoter M. nigra, it forms the subgenus Oidemia; the two are sometimes considered conspecific, the black scoter then being referred...
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The scoters are stocky seaducks in the genus Melanitta. The drakes are mostly black and have swollen bills, the females are brown. They breed in the far...
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The surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) is a large sea duck native to North America. Adult males are almost entirely black with characteristic white...
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A859, via a minor road. Wildlife in the area includes the common scoter, the velvet scoter, the eider duck, the wigeon, the long-tailed duck, the red-breasted...
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thrush Common rosefinch Common sandpiper Common scale-backed antbird Common scimitarbill Common scoter Common shelduck Common smoky honeyeater Common snipe...
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Côme-Damien Degland. The white-winged scoter is one of three North American scoter species and the largest species of scoter. Females range from 950 to 1,950 g...
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rufina Common pochard, Aythya ferina Ferruginous duck, Aythya nyroca Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula Greater scaup, Aythya marila (A) Common scoter, Melanitta...
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wolffish, horseshoe crab, blacktailed godwit, black rat, black scoter, and common scoter. Living Coasts opened to the public on 14 July 2003, built on...
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fischeri) Common eider (Somateria mollissima) King eider (Somateria spectabilis) Melanitta F. Boie, 1822 Common scoter (Melanitta nigra) Black scoter or American...
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around 300 pairs of gadwall, 200 pairs of mallard, around 350 pairs of common scoter, 150 pairs of long-tailed duck and 75 pairs of Eurasian teal. The northern...
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Northern shoveler Ferruginous duck Common pochard Red-crested pochard Eurasian wigeon Tufted duck Long-tailed duck Common scoter Australian wood duck Red-breasted...
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Europe. Among the birds known to use the flyway are sea ducks such as common scoter (Melanitta nigra), terns such as Arctic tern, and vagrants from North...
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White-winged scoter (negrón aliblanco), Melanitta deglandi (A) Stejneger's scoter (negrón siberiano), Melanitta stejnegeri (A) Common scoter (negrón común)...
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beaches or cliffs around the Irish Sea. Huge populations of the sea duck, common scoter, spend winters feeding in shallow waters off eastern Ireland, Lancashire...
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deglandi Common scoter, Melanitta nigra (A) Black scoter, Melanitta americana Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola Common goldeneye...
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to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (March 2025)...
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Velvet scoter Melanitta fusca (French: macreuse brune) – A Stejneger's scoter Melanitta stejnegeri (French: macreuse de Sibérie) – B Common scoter Melanitta...
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The common scoter was one of the seabirds most affected, with large population decline directly after the incident. Long-term monitoring of the common scoter...
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Stejneger's scoter (Melanitta stejnegeri), also known as the Siberian scoter, is a large sea duck. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek melas "black"...
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Melanitta deglandi Stejneger's scoter, Melanitta stejnegeri (hypothetical) Common scoter, Melanitta nigra (*) Black scoter, Melanitta americana Long-tailed...
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Melanitta perspicillata LC White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi LC Common scoter, Melanitta nigra LC Black scoter, Melanitta americana NT Long-tailed duck...
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000 birds. Grey seal and common seal are frequently seen offshore, as are seabirds such as gannet, little auk, common scoter, razorbill, Gull and guillemot...
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razorbills and the worst affected bird, the common scoter duck. 83% of the birds affected were common scoter birds, and it is estimated that 5,000 of the...
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Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis (A) Common eider, Somateria mollissima (A) Velvet scoter, Melanitta fusca (A) Common scoter, Melanitta nigra Long-tailed duck...
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perspicillata – A Velvet scoter (Samtente) Melanitta fusca – A Stejneger's scoter (Kamtschatkasamtente) Melanitta stejnegeri – A Common scoter (Trauerente) Melanitta...
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LC Velvet scoter, Melanitta fusca LC White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi LC Stejneger's scoter, Melanitta stejnegeri LC Common scoter, Melanitta...
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fusca White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi (A) Stejneger's scoter, Melanitta stejnegeri Common scoter, Melanitta nigra Black scoter, Melanitta americana...
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Common eider Somateria mollissima Edredone – A Velvet scoter Melanitta fusca Orco marino – A Common scoter Melanitta nigra Orchetto marino – A Common...
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fusca White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi (A) Stejneger's scoter, Melanitta stejnegeri (A) Common scoter, Melanitta nigra Black scoter, Melanitta americana...
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