- The
surf scoter (Melanitta per****illata) is a
large sea duck
native to
North America.
Adult males are
almost entirely black with
characteristic white...
- 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...
- white-winged
scoters,
along with the
surf scoter, are
placed in the
subgenus Melanitta,
distinct from the
subgenus Oidemia to
which the
black scoter and common...
- bill,
which is
feathered at the gape
unlike the
blocky bill base of the
surf scoter. The
white secondary flight feathers by
which the
species is
named is...
-
regular enough not to be
considered rare,
including the ring-billed gull,
surf scoter and
pectoral sandpiper.
There is one
endemic bird
species found in Great...
- (Melanitta deglandi) (sometimes
considered a
subspecies of M. fusca)
Surf scoter (Melanitta per****illata)
Genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes.
These are...
-
frequent the beaches.
Especially common are the razorbill, the
surf scoter, the
black scoter, the long-tailed duck, the red-throated loon, the
common loon...
-
skunk duck, the
former being a
vernacular name that it
shared with the
surf scoter and the
common goldeneye (and even the
American oystercatcher), a fact...
- 1789) (E) 148
Surf scoter Melanitta per****illata (Linnaeus, 1758) 149
Velvet scoter Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) 150 White-winged
scoter Melanitta deglandi...
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histrionicus Surf scoter,
Melanitta per****illata (A) White-winged
scoter,
Melanitta deglandi (A) Stejneger's
scoter,
Melanitta stejnegeri Black scoter, Melanitta...