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- Common Scoter
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Common Scoter Melanitta nigra

Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published September 9, 2014

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Recommended Citation

Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2014). Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved from Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: https://birdsoftheworld.org/hbw/species/blksco1/1.0