Velvet Scoter © birdguides.com

Vagrant to Afghanistan, Algeria, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Faroe Islands, Greece (NB), Greenland, Hong Kong (China), Iceland, Israel, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of], Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Tajikistan.

• fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  Scandinavia east to R Yenisey, central Siberia.
• stejnegeri (Ridgway, 1887)   -  Siberia, from Yenisey basin east to Kamchatka, south to Mongolia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi). 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 distinct species, White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi).

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