White-winged Scoter
Melanitta deglandi(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
English (US) White-winged Scoter
The White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: breeds subarctic western Alaska to eastern shore of James Bay (east-central Canada); winters Aleutian Islands to central California (eastern North Pacific coast); and Gulf of St. Lawrence to New JerseyRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanitta deglandi
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-winged Scoter
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Oedemia deglandi
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
- Type locality
- North America.
- Original description
- Revue critique de l'ornithologie européenne de M. le Docteur Degland (de Lille) p.108
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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