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Velvet Scoter

(Melanitta fusca)
Alternate name(s): "Velvet Duck"
German name(s): "Samtente", "Samt-Ente"

Size: 51-58 cm; wing span 79-97 cm

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Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Velvet Scoter at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

FEMALE

Lateral view of a female Velvet Scoter looking towards the observer; note the white speculum resembling a white stripe
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, near Brok, Masovia, Poland, April 2019]

Near-dorsal view of a female Velvet Scoter; note the characteristic diffuse spot on the lore and the second spot behind the ear coverts (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, near Brok, Masovia, Poland, April 2019]

Dorsal view of a female Velvet Scoter (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, near Brok, Masovia, Poland, April 2019]

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