Ducks, Geese, Swans
Black Scoter
Melanitta americana
The Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) is a 1.1 kg wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.
- Family
- Ducks, Geese, Swans
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Weight
- 1.1 kg
- Habitat
- Wetland
- Diet
- Aquatic predator
- Migration
- Migrant
- Countries recorded
- 12
Recorded in United States, Canada, Japan, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Poland, China, St. Pierre and Miquelon.
Where to see it: Rason Lake (Dem. Rep. Korea); Parker River NWR (United States); 백령도(Baengnyeong-do (island)) (Republic of Korea); Tommy Thompson Park (Canada); 船橋市 · ふなばし三番瀬海浜公園 (Funabashi · Funabashi Sanbanze Seaside Park) (Japan).
Photo: Greg Schechter from San Francisco, USA, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
