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Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758) Family: ducks, geese, swans Order: Anseriformes print version
Surf scoter Macreuse ŕ front blanc Negrón careto Brillenente
Migration: intercontinental

Verbreitungskarte von Melanitta perspicillata 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)


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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel)