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
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 marino 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)
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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