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 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)
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes