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Melanitta nigra |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Family: ducks, geese, swans |
Order: Anseriformes |
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Common scoter |
Macreuse noire |
Negrón común |
Trauerente |
Migratory; winters at sea off Atlantic coast of Europe and N Africa, W Mediterranean, NE North America and,
in Pacific, coasts of North America, Aleutian Is, USSR, Japan, Korea and E China; also inland (e.g. Great
Lakes). Occurs irregularly further S of normal range. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds),
1992)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1992) - www.hbw.com,
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(A digitised version of this map is published in GIS shape format on the GROMS CD).
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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |