Species
Melanitta deglandi (White-winged scoter)
Melanitta deglandi. Photo: (c) Steven McGrath, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The white-winged scoter (Melanitta deglandi) is a large sea duck. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek melas “black” and netta “duck”. The species name commemorates French ornithologist Côme Damien Degland.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Order: Anseriformes (Waterfowl)
- Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese, and swans)
- Genus: Melanitta (Scoters)
- Species: Melanitta deglandi (White-winged scoter)
- Genus: Melanitta (Scoters)
- Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese, and swans)
- Order: Anseriformes (Waterfowl)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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