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Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca

  • VU Vulnerable
  • Names (31)
  • Monotypic
Carles Carboneras, Guy M. Kirwan, and Chris Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 5, 2016

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Recommended Citation

Carboneras, C., G. M. Kirwan, and C.J. Sharpe (2020). Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whwsco3.01