Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fusca
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 1,944
- Most observed in
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
The velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca) is a large sea duck, which breeds over the far north of Europe and the Palearctic west of the Yenisey basin. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek melas "black" and netta "duck". The species name is from the Latin fuscus "dusky brown".
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Velvet scoter”.