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Black Scoter
jmorlan

Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)

This is a male. Formerly considered conspecific with the Common Scoter (M. nigra), Black Scoter has an extensive North American distribution with widely separated breeding populations in Alaska and Northern Quebec. However another population breeds in the Russian Far East and these are presumably the source of the wintering birds here along the coast of Japan.
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Location
Nemuro--Ochiishi Port, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Date taken
22 February 2019
Scientific name
Melanitta americana
Equipment used
Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

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Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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