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[[Image:Velvet_Scoter2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by Gwynn.<br />Photo taken: Austria.]]
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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51-58cm.  Black, white 'tear drop' just behind the eye, yellow long bill,  thick neck and  pointed tail. In flight, it shows a white patch on the rear of the wing.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Scandinavia]], especially [[Sweden]] and [[Norway]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
Formerly considered conspecific with the North American [[White-winged Scoter]] ''M. deglandi''.
 
Formerly considered conspecific with the North American [[White-winged Scoter]] ''M. deglandi''.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Lakes, coastal waters, estuaries.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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The diet includes shellfish, crabs, sea urchins, fish, insect larvae and plants.
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It builds a lined nest on the ground close to the sea, lakes or rivers, in woodland or tundra. 7-9 eggs are laid.
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==Bird Song==
 
==Bird Song==
 
<flashmp3>Melanitta fusca (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />
 
<flashmp3>Melanitta fusca (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />

Revision as of 14:08, 9 July 2008

Melanitta fusca
Photo by jtwood
Photo taken: East Lothian
Photo by Gwynn.
Photo taken: Austria.

Identification

51-58cm. Black, white 'tear drop' just behind the eye, yellow long bill, thick neck and pointed tail. In flight, it shows a white patch on the rear of the wing.

Distribution

Scandinavia, especially Sweden and Norway.

Taxonomy

Formerly considered conspecific with the North American White-winged Scoter M. deglandi.

Habitat

Lakes, coastal waters, estuaries.

Behaviour

The diet includes shellfish, crabs, sea urchins, fish, insect larvae and plants.

It builds a lined nest on the ground close to the sea, lakes or rivers, in woodland or tundra. 7-9 eggs are laid.

Bird Song

<flashmp3>Melanitta fusca (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program

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