Black Scoter Melanitta americana [Swainson, 1832] |
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Order:
Anseriformes
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Family: Anatidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 2461 | |
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Number in Britain:
Unavailable
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
47 cm
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Wingspan: 84 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 1 kg
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: melas=black + netta=a duck and after America |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Canada, Alaska, ne Siberia WINTERS: south to US |
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Habitat:
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Tundra lakes, on migration rivers, lakes & coasts |
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Diet:
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Mostly molluscs, also insects, fish eggs in freshwater habitats |
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TitBit:
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Birds occasionally do a "Wing-flap" display while swimming, flapping their wings with the body held up and punctuating this with a downward thrust of head, as if its neck were momentarily broken. |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Lothian, 1987
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
7
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Dumfries & Galloway
(1989),
Highland
(1993),
Lothian
(1989),
Moray & Nairn
(2005),
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North-east England:
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North-west England:
Lancashire
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
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South-east England:
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South-west England:
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Wales:
Anglesey
(2003),
Caernarfonshire
(2006),
Pembrokeshire
(1991),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| American Scoter | |
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Split from Melanitta nigra
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| Spanish: Negrón común | Swedish: |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Kear, J 2005 Ducks, geese and swans Oxford University Press [598.48 KEA] | |
| Collinson, M. et al. 2006 Species limits within the genus Melanitta, the scoters British Birds 99:183-201 | |
| See Also: | |
Find scientific papers on  Google Scholar
or  Scirus by clicking the icon
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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