{"id":7724,"date":"2017-05-19T19:49:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T18:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=7724"},"modified":"2020-06-14T20:38:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T19:38:19","slug":"velvet-scoter-melanitta-fusca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=7724","title":{"rendered":"Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fusca<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

– rather large duck, larger than Mallard<\/a>
\n– diurnal\/nocturnal migrant
\n– migrates in small to medium flocks in formation
\n– sometimes in mixed flocks with Common Scoter<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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\nVelvet Scoter Melanitta fusca<\/em>, AD M<\/strong>
\nBIF1956, 01\/03\/2007, Baltic Sea, offshore, Martin Grimm
\n– jet-black stout body and wings with contrasting white secondaries
\n– short neck and rounded black head with small white eye-patch
\n– rather flat black\/orange-yellow bill<\/p>\n

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\nVelvet Scoter Melanitta fusca<\/em>, AD M F<\/strong>
\nBIF1957, 01\/03\/2014, Baltic Sea, offshore, Martin Grimm
\n– AD F with dark brown body and complete black bill
\n– variably distinct pale markings below and in front of the eye
\n– M with white, F with dark eyes (same in White-winged Scoter<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\nVelvet Scoter Melanitta fusca<\/em>, AD M F<\/strong>
\nBIF1958, 01\/03\/2014, Baltic Sea, offshore, Martin Grimm
\n– greyish primaries, white secondaries contrasting to dark underwing coverts (same pattern as in White-winged Scoter<\/a>)
\n– M with flesh-coloured rather than pinkish (comp. White-winged Scoter<\/a>), F with dark feet<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nVelvet Scoter Melanitta fusca<\/em>, AD M F<\/strong>
\nBIF1959, 01\/03\/2014, Baltic Sea, offshore, Martin Grimm<\/p>\n

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\nVelvet Scoter Melanitta fusca<\/em>, AD M F<\/strong>
\nBIF1960, 01\/03\/2014, Baltic Sea, offshore, Martin Grimm
\n– primaries of AD usually appear black (silvery in Common Scoter<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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

calls during migration not yet sound recorded<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Surf Scoter (v)
\nWhite-winged Scoter<\/a> (v)
\nCommon Scoter<\/a> (v)
\nBlack Scoter (v)<\/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 >>>>> – rather large duck, larger than Mallard – diurnal\/nocturnal migrant – migrates in small to medium flocks in formation – sometimes in mixed flocks with Common Scoter >> VISUAL ID >>>>> Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca, AD M BIF1956, 01\/03\/2007, Baltic Sea, offshore, Martin Grimm – jet-black stout body and wings with contrasting … Continue reading Velvet Scoter
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