{"id":6883,"date":"2017-05-19T19:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T18:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=6883"},"modified":"2020-12-24T08:03:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T07:03:20","slug":"common-scoter-melanitta-nigra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=6883","title":{"rendered":"Common Scoter
Melanitta nigra<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– medium-sized duck, roughly size of Mallard<\/a>
\n– diurnal\/nocturnal migrant
\n– migrates in small to large flocks in (sometimes messy) formation<\/p>\n

>> VISUAL ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nCommon Scoter Melanitta nigra<\/em>, M F AD<\/strong>
\nBIF1589, 24\/03\/2013, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\n– AD F dark brown body and crown and, cream-coloured side of the head
\n– AD M jet-black rather stout body and swollen black bill with some orange-yellow<\/p>\n

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\nCommon Scoter Melanitta nigra<\/em>, M F AD<\/strong>
\nBIF1590, 07\/04\/2013, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\n– from below, remiges of both sexes appear silver-shining, especially the hand<\/p>\n

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\nCommon Scoter Melanitta nigra<\/em>, 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF1591, 03\/11\/2016, North Sea, offshore, Roland Neumann
\n– 1CY similar to females, but with dirty white belly
\n– due to the head pattern 1CY and AD F recall female Red-crested Pochard<\/a>\u00a0but lack their white wingbar<\/p>\n

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\nCommon Scoter Melanitta nigra<\/em>, 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF1592, 29\/10\/2015, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\n– even at greater distance, dirty white belly of 1CY recognisable<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCommon Scoter Melanitta nigra<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF1593, 11\/04\/2013, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\nunder poor light conditions and at greater distance:
\n– dark, short-necked and compact duck
\n– black bodies of males contrasting to their silvery hands
\n– light facial pattern of females\/juveniles visible, but further differentiation mostly not possible<\/p>\n

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\nCommon Scoter Melanitta nigra<\/em>, M F AD, 2CY<\/strong>
\nBIF1594, 16\/06\/2013, North Sea, offshore, Roland Neumann
\n– on migration usually appear in rather dense, sometimes messy, elongated flocks<\/p>\n

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\nCommon Scoter Melanitta nigra<\/em><\/strong>
\nCommon Murre Uria aalge<\/em><\/strong>
\nRazorbill Alca torda<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF1595, 15\/11\/2011, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n

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\nCommon Scoter Melanitta nigra<\/em>, AD M<\/strong> (in front) F<\/strong> (4th from left), 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF1596, 14\/10\/2011, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\n– in bright sunlight difficult to recognise above dark blue water
\n– light bellies of JUV very prominent<\/p>\n

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\nCommon Scoter Melanitta nigra<\/em>, 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF3432, 19\/10\/2020, Esbjerg, Patrick Franke
\n– even at greater distance, dirty white belly of 1CY recognisable<\/p>\n

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\nCommon Scoter Melanitta nigra<\/em>, AD M<\/strong>
\nBIF3413, 19\/10\/2020, Esbjerg, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n

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\nCommon Scoter Melanitta nigra<\/em>, AD M<\/strong>
\nBIF3412, 19\/10\/2020, Esbjerg, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BIF2928-1_RNE_1-11_MELNIG-FL-FC_20190328_0015_d_helgoland.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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\n– overview –<\/strong><\/em>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n– detail –<\/em><\/strong>
\nCommon Scoter Melanitta nigra<\/em>, calls in flight<\/strong>
\nBIF2928, 28\/03\/2019, Helgoland, Germany, Roland Neumann<\/p>\n

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

Surf Scoter (v)
\nVelvet Scoter<\/a> (v)
\nWhite-winged Scoter<\/a> (v)
\nBlack Scoter (v)
\nRed-crested Pochard<\/a> (v)
\nEurasian Teal<\/a> (a)
\nNorthern Pintail<\/a> (a)<\/p>\n

#waterbird #waterfowl #wildfowl<\/p>\n

#ornithology #birdmigration #birdID #birdguide #birding #birdwatching #birdsound #westernpalearctic #europe #vismig #flightcalls #middleeast #northernafrica #workinprogress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>> – medium-sized duck, roughly size of Mallard – diurnal\/nocturnal migrant – migrates in small to large flocks in (sometimes messy) formation >> VISUAL ID >>>>> Common Scoter Melanitta nigra, M F AD BIF1589, 24\/03\/2013, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze – AD F dark brown body and crown and, cream-coloured side of the … Continue reading Common Scoter
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