Scoters
Melanitta
The scoters are stocky seaducks in the genus Melanitta. The drakes are mostly black and have swollen bills. Females are brown. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek melas "black" and netta "duck".
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Surf Scoter
speciesMelanitta perspicillata
White-winged Scoter
speciesMelanitta deglandi
Black Scoter
speciesMelanitta americana
Common Scoter
speciesMelanitta nigra
Velvet Scoter
speciesMelanitta fusca
Stejneger's Scoter
speciesMelanitta stejnegeri
White-winged × Surf Scoter
hybridMelanitta deglandi × perspicillata
Black × Surf Scoter
hybridMelanitta americana × perspicillata
Melanitta deglandi × stejnegeri
hybridMelanitta deglandi × stejnegeri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 7031.