White-winged Scoter Identification - All About Birds
Easily outsizing other scoter species in winter flocks on coastal waters, the White-winged Scoter is a large sea duck with a heavy, sloping bill and bold white patches in the wing. Males are velvety black with a dashing, upturned comma of white around the eye and an orange-tipped bill.
White-winged Scoter | Audubon Field Guide - National Audubon …
Description. 19-24" (48-61 cm). White wing patch conspicuous in flight, often hidden while swimming. Adult male has small white teardrop.
Black Scoter Identification - All About Birds
A stark velvety black seaduck with a bright pumpkin-orange knob at the base of its bill, the male Black Scoter is distinctive at almost any distance. Females are mostly brown with a distinctive face pattern, a blackish cap contrasting with a pale cheek.
White-winged Scoter - All About Birds
Easily outsizing other scoter species in winter flocks on coastal waters, the White-winged Scoter is a large sea duck with a heavy, sloping bill and bold white patches in the wing. Males are velvety black with a dashing, upturned comma of white around the eye and an orange-tipped bill.
White-winged Scoter - eBird
Large scoter, with distinctive white patch on wing. Dark chocolate-brown overall; males are darker than females and have small white mark under eye, dark knob on the bill, and pink bill tip. Females have two rounded white patches on face.
Surf scoter - Wikipedia
The surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) is a large sea duck native to North America. Adult males are almost entirely black with characteristic white patches on the forehead and the nape and adult females are slightly smaller and browner. Surf scoters breed in Northern Canada and Alaska and winter along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North ...
White-winged scoter - Wikipedia
The white-winged scoter is one of three North American scoter species and the largest species of scoter. Females range from 950 to 1,950 g (2.09 to 4.30 lb) and 48 to 56 cm (19 to 22 in), averaging 1,180 g (2.60 lb) and 52.3 cm (20.6 in).
White-winged Scoter - BirdWeb
Scoters are large, mostly black or dark gray sea ducks, and the White-winged Scoter is the largest of the three species. All plumages have a white wing-patch, which distinguishes the White-winged Scoter in flight from the other two scoters, which have solid black wings.
White-winged Scoter - Ducks Unlimited
The white-winged scoter is the largest of the three North American scoter species. The large white speculum on the black wing make this species the easiest to identify while in flight. Male white-winged scoters are entirely black with white eye patches.
White-winged Scoter - Melanitta deglandi - Birds of the World
2020年3月4日 · Distribution of the White-winged Scoter in North America. Winters primarily along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, but also Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and southern Lake Michigan. Uncommon to rare in other inland lakes during migration and winter.