Black Scoter

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“Oidemia americana. American Black Scoter. Sea Coot. Adult male: Plumage entirely black, less glossy and jetty below than above, grayish on the inner webs of the quills. Iris brown. Feet blackish. Young male resembling the female. Female: Sooty-brown, paler below, becoming grayish-white on belly, there dusky-speckled, on sides and flanks dusky-waved; throat and sides of head mostly continuous whitish, not in special spots; bill blackish, not bulging; feet livid olivaceous with black webs.” Elliot Coues, 1884

Keywords

migratory birds, birds, ducks, ornithology, sea duck, North American birds, omnivorous birds, surface diving birds, Oidemia americana, American Black Scoter, Sea Coot, Melanitta americana, American Scoter

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Source

Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

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