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Black Scoter Melanitta americana [Swainson, 1832]
Other Names
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Order:
Anseriformes
Family:
Anatidae
BTO Codes:
,
EURING No:
2461
Number in Britain:
Unavailable
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not evaluated
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
47 cm
Wingspan:
84 cm
Weight:
M/F: 1 kg
Scientific name from:
Gr.: melas =black + netta =a duck
and after America
World Distribution:
BREEDS: Canada, Alaska, ne Siberia WINTERS: south to US
Habitat:
Tundra lakes, on migration rivers, lakes & coasts
Diet:
Mostly molluscs, also insects, fish eggs in freshwater habitats
TitBit:
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.
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Lothian, 1987
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
7
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Dumfries & Galloway
(1989),
Highland
(1989),
Lothian
(1987),
Moray & Nairn
(2001),
North-east England:
No Records
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
No Records
South-east England:
No Records
South-west England:
No Records
Wales:
Gwynedd
(2004),
Other Names
American Scoter
Split from M. nigra
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish:
Dutch:
Finnish:
French:
Macreuse noire
German:
Hungarian:
Icelandic:
Irish:
Italian:
Norwegian:
Polish:
Markaczka amerykanska
Portuguese:
Spanish:
Negrón común
Swedish:
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
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:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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