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    Scoter (redirect from Melanitta)
    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 velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca) is a large sea duck, which breeds over the far north of Europe and the Palearctic west of the Yenisey basin. The genus...
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    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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  • Melanitta kirbori is an extinct species of Melanitta that lived in the Crimean Peninsula during the Early Pleistocene. Zelenkov, N. V. (14 October 2024)...
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    The white-winged scoter (Melanitta deglandi) is a large sea duck. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek melas "black" and netta "duck". The species...
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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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    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...
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    evolutionary relatives of the Labrador duck were thought to be the scoters (Melanitta). However a mitogenomic study of the placement of the Labrador duck found...
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    eider (Somateria spectabilis) Melanitta F. Boie, 1822 Common scoter (Melanitta nigra) Black scoter or American scoter (Melanitta americana) (sometimes considered...
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    The black scoter or American scoter (Melanitta americana) is a large sea duck, 43 to 49 cm (17 to 19 in) in length. The genus name is derived from Ancient...
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    Late Pliocene, was at first taken to be a species of the related genus Melanitta. Adult breeding males have a colorful and complex plumage pattern. The...
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    harlequin duck (includes Ocyplonessa) Camptorhynchus, Labrador duck (extinct) Melanitta, scoters (6 species) Clangula, long-tailed duck (1 species) Bucephala...
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    pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)), three species of scoter (Melanitta), and other members of the family Anatidae. Ogilvie, M.A.; Wallace, D...
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    scoter, Melanitta perspicillata (A) Velvet scoter, Melanitta fusca (A) White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi (A) Stejneger's scoter, Melanitta stejnegeri...
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    Eyton 1836 (Steller's eider) Genus Somateria Leach 1819 (eiders) Genus Melanitta Boie 1822 (scoters) Genus Bucephala Baird 1858 Genus Mergellus Selby 1840...
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  • scoter, Melanitta perspicillata (A) White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi (A) Stejneger's scoter, Melanitta stejnegeri Black scoter, Melanitta americana...
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    scoter, Melanitta perspicillata (A) Velvet scoter, Melanitta fusca White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi (A) Stejneger's scoter, Melanitta stejnegeri...
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    (brilleand), Melanitta perspicillata (A) Velvet scoter (sjøorre), Melanitta fusca (vulnerable) White-winged scoter (knoppsjøorre), Melanitta deglandi (A)...
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  • scoter, Melanitta perspicillata (A) Velvet scoter, Melanitta fusca White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi (A) Stejneger's scoter, Melanitta stejnegeri...
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  • Surf scoter Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758) 149 Velvet scoter Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) 150 White-winged scoter Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte...
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    †Chendytes †Shiriyanetta Polysticta Somateria Histrionicus †Camptorhynchus Melanitta Clangula Bucephala Mergellus? Lophodytes? Mergus? On the other hand, the...
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    Bucephala †Camptorhynchus †Chendytes Clangula Histrionicus Lophodytes Melanitta Mergellus Mergus Polysticta †Shiriyanetta Somateria Anatini Anas Mareca...
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    Melanitta perspicillata from "Jardine's Illustrations of the Duck Tribe"...
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    Bucephala †Camptorhynchus †Chendytes Clangula Histrionicus Lophodytes Melanitta Mergellus Mergus Polysticta †Shiriyanetta Somateria Anatini Anas Mareca...
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    histrionicus Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata (B) White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi (B) Black scoter, Melanitta americana (B) Long-tailed duck...
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    auritus) are also frequently taken in coastal Maine and velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca) was dominant prey in San Miguel Island. Due to easy accessibility...
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  • (negrón careto), Melanitta perspicillata (A) Velvet scoter (negrón especulado), Melanitta fusca White-winged scoter (negrón aliblanco), Melanitta deglandi (A)...
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    iucn}}: old-form url, |date= / |doi= mismatch (help) IUCN (2020-09-01). "Melanitta fusca: BirdLife International: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species...
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    Mareca americana Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica (C) Black scoter, Melanitta americana Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis (C) Blue-winged...
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    Melanitta perspicillata (French: macreuse à front blanc) – A Velvet scoter Melanitta fusca (French: macreuse brune) – A Stejneger's scoter Melanitta stejnegeri...
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