Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fusca(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Velvet Scoter
The Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca) 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 northern Europe from Norway to Yenisey River (central Siberia) and northeastern Kazakhstan, also Türkiye and Georgia; winters to Baltic Sea, Denmark, and eastern coast of BritainRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanitta fusca
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Velvet Scoter
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas fusca
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- 'Oceano Europaeo'; restricted to coast of Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 39.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.123
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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