Common Scoter
Melanitta nigra
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 2,298
- Most observed in
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The common scoter (Melanitta nigra) is a large sea duck, 43–54 cm (17–21 in) in length, which breeds over the far north of Europe and the Palearctic east to the Olenyok River. The black scoter (M. americana) of North America and eastern Siberia was formerly considered to be a subspecies.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Common scoter”.