Stejneger's Scoter
Melanitta stejnegeri(Ridgway, R, 1887)
English (US) Stejneger's Scoter
The Stejneger's Scoter (Melanitta stejnegeri) 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 Yenisey Basin to Kamchatka (central and eastern Siberia), northeastern Kazakhstan, and northern and western Mongolia; winters to Kuril and Commander islands (southeastern Russia), coasts of Japan, and eastern Korean Peninsula (northeastern Pacific)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanitta stejnegeri
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Stejneger's Scoter
- Described by
- (Ridgway, R, 1887)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Oidemia stejnegeri
- Described by
- (Ridgway, R, 1887)
- Type locality
- Kamchatka to Japan.
- Original description
- A manual of North American birds p.112
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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