White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi)

Other Names (World)
White-winged Scoter, American White-winged Scoter, Degland's White-winged Scoter

Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
48 - 60 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1850)

Range (Guide)

Breeds over the far north of Asia east of the Yenisey Basin, and North America. It winters south, on the Great Lakes, the coasts of the northern USA and the southern coasts of Canada, and Asia as far south as China.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Crustaceans, insects and molluscs.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi) [XC181618]
by id from Dempster Highway KM 594, Northwest Territories, Canada (call)

Eggs (Guide)
5 - 11; pinkish; oval; 47 x68 mm. Incubation: 25 - 30 days.

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca). Not recognized as a species by BirdLife International.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

stejnegeri Ridgway, 1887 - Siberia, from Yenisey basin east to Kamchatka, south to Mongolia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Siberian Scoter (Melanitta stejnegeri).
deglandi (Bonaparte, 1850) - Alaska and Canada, east to Hudson Bay. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi).

References
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Files:

JPG files for White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi) - 10 files

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