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Genus: Melanitta (6 species)

Genus Melanitta are ocean dusks that often form in large groups, and that dive for crustaceans and molluscs.


Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) Male Near Threatened Range: PAL, NA: Yana River to Kamchatka (e Siberia), Alaska e to nw Yukon; e Northwest Territories and sw Nunavut to Newfoundland (c to e Canada) Richmond, California, USA
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White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi) Range: NA: subarctic w Alaska to e shore of James Bay (ec Canada) Vancouver, Canada
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Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca) Vulnerable Range: PAL: n Europe from Norway to Yenisey River (c Siberia) and ne Kazakhstan, also Turkey and Georgia
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Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) Male Range: PAL: se Greenland, Iceland, Scotland, and n, w Scandinavia to Olenyok River (nc Siberia) Mývatn, Iceland
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Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) Female Range: PAL: se Greenland, Iceland, Scotland, and n, w Scandinavia to Olenyok River (nc Siberia) Mývatn, Iceland
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Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) Male Range: NA: mainland Alaska through subarctic Canada e to Labrador Vancouver, Canada
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Stejneger's Scoter (Melanitta stejnegeri) Range: PAL: Yenisey Basin to Kamchatka (c, e Siberia), ne Kazakhstan and n, w Mongolia

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