Surf Scoter
Melanitta perspicillata - Macreuse à front blanc
Systematics
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Order:
Anseriformes
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Family:
Anatidés
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Genus:
Melanitta
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Species:
perspicillata
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 55 cm
- Wingspan: 78 à 92 cm.
- Weight: 907 à 1000 g
Geographic range
Description identification
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Macreuse à front blanc,
- Negrón Careto,
- Negrola-de-lunetas,
- Brillenente,
- pápaszemes réce,
- Brilzee-eend,
- Orco dagli occhiali,
- Vitnackad svärta,
- Brilleand,
- turpan okuliarnatý,
- turpan pestrozobý,
- Brilleand,
- pilkkaniska,
- ànec negre frontblanc,
- Krákönd,
- uhla pstrodzioba,
- bangu pīle,
- očalarka,
- Пестроносый турпан,
- アラナミキンクロ,
- 斑头海番鸭,
- 斑頭海番鴨,
Habitat
Forest : Boreal ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Marine Neritic : Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged)
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v9.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.
Other sources of interest
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