For ships named Scoter, see USS Scoter and USFS Scoter.
Scoters
Adult male white-winged scoter (Melanitta deglandi)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Anseriformes
Family:
Anatidae
Subfamily:
Merginae
Genus:
Melanitta F. Boie, 1822
Type species
Anas fusca (velvet scoter)
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text
Synonyms
Oidemia
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 north of Europe, Asia, and North America, and winter farther south in temperate zones of those continents. They form large flocks on suitable coastal waters. These are tightly packed, and the birds tend to take off together. Their lined nests are built on the ground close to the sea, lakes or rivers, in woodland or tundra. These species dive for crustaceans and molluscs.
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species of birds on the British List, the latest addition being Stejneger's scoter. Five species groups (birds that were not identified to species level) are...
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