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[[Image:Velvet_Scoter2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by Gwynn.<br />Photo taken: Austria.]] | [[Image:Velvet_Scoter2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by Gwynn.<br />Photo taken: Austria.]] | ||
==Identification== | ==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== | ==Distribution== | ||
+ | [[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== | ||
+ | Lakes, coastal waters, estuaries. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
+ | 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
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