Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Brilzee-Eend, Brilzeeëend, Brilzeeeend
Common Names in English:
Baldpate, Bay Coot, Blossum-Billed Coot, Butter-Billed Coot, Goggle-Nose, Hollow-Billed Coot, Horse-Head Coot, Morocco Jaw, Patch-Head Coot, Patch-Polled Coot, Pictured-Bill, Plaster-Bill, Sea Coot, Skunk Duck, Skunk-Head, Skunk-Top, Snuff-Taker, Speckle-Billed Coot, Spectacle Coot, Surf Duck, Surf Scoter, Surfer, White Scop, White-Head
Common Names in French:
Macreuse à Front Blanc, Macreuse à Front Blanc, Macreuse à Lunettes
Common Names in German:
Brillenente
Common Names in Italian:
Anitra Del Becco Largo
Common Names in Japanese:
アラナミã‚ンクãƒ
Common Names in Spanish:
Negrón Careto, Negreta Nuca Blanca
Description
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Physical Description
Adult Female: Head : dusky brown with two whitish patches Bill: greenish Shape : swollen Neck: Nape: pale whitish patch on nape Body: dusky brown.Adult Male: Head: Ear Tufts: white Face : Forehead: white patch Bill: black, white, red, yellow Neck: Nape: white patch Body: black.
Color:
Adult
male: Entirely black plumage · White patches on nape and forehead · Colorful bill: white with a red tip
and black spot
at base
· Immature
male similar to female
Adult female: Two variably white spots on face
· Dark crown · Very dark plumage · Immature females somewhat paler
Size/Age/Growth
About 17 to 21 inches long, with a wingspan of 30 to 36 inches. Adults weigh about 35.2 ounces .
Habitat
Vegetation: freshwater marshes, coastal waters • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: High
Biology
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Diet
Almost Exclusively: Aquatic Invertebrates Fish. Lesser Quantities of: Green Plant Matter
Reproduction
The Surf
Scoter breeds
in Northern Canada and Alaska.
- Clutch Size: 5-7
- Number of Broods: 1
Migration
Migratory
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Anseriformes
()
- Ducks, Geese
- Order:
Anseriformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.
Similar Species
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White-Winged Scoter, Black Scoter
Members of the genus Melanitta
There are approximately 14 species in this genus:
M. americana (Black Scoter) · M. deglandi · M. deglandi deglandi · M. deglandi dixoni · M. fusca (White-Winged Scoter) · M. fusca deglandi (White-Winged Scoter) · M. fusca dixoni (White-Winged Scoter) · M. fusca fusca (White-Winged Scoter) · M. fusca ssp · M. fusca stejnegeri (White-Winged Scoter) · M. nigra (Common Or American Scoter) · M. nigra americana (Black Scoter) · M. nigra nigra (Common Or American Scoter) · M. perspicillata (Blossum-Billed Coot)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- A geographic classification of Neotropical mammals. [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1958. ENG url p. 634.
- Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
- Anglo-russkii biologicheskii slovar' / [avtory, I. N. Afanas'eva et al.; spetsial'nye nauch. redaktory, O. I. Chibisova i L. A. Koziar]. Moskva: Russkii iazyk, 1979. ENG url p. 568.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Birds in Kansas / Max C. Thompson and Charles Ely. Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History: c1989- ENG url p. 112.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 143, p. 375.
- Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. New Haven: The Museum, ENG url p. 4.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 212, p. 269, p. 341, p. 358.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 140.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. Charles E. Hellmayr, Boardman Conover. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1948. ENG url p. 393, p. 394, p. 395.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. ENG url p. 413.
- Check-list of North American birds / prepared by a committee of the American ornithologists' union. Lancaster, Pa.: The Union, 1931. ENG url p. 425, p. 58.
- Ehrlich, P., Dobkin, D., and Wheye, D. (1988). The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc. (info on clutch size, length of incubation, days to fledge and number of broods.)
- FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. ENG url p. 123, p. 52, p. 65, p. 78.
- Fauna och flora: populr tidskrift fr biologi. Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1906-1967; SWE url p. 92.
- Fauna of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula, by Olaus J. Murie. Invertebrates and fishes collected in the Aleutians, 1936-38, by Victor B. Scheffer. [Washington, Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1959] ENG url p. 101.
- Fishery bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. ENG url p. 524.
- Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. ENG url p. 51.
- Great Basin naturalist memoirs. [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. ENG url p. 58.
- Journal of shellfish research. [S.l.: National Shellfisheries Association, 1981- url p. 133, p. 84.
- Life histories of North American wild fowl: order Anseres (part) / by Arthur Cleveland Bent. Washington: G.P.O., 1923. ENG url p. 143.
- Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931- ENG url p. 248, p. 61.
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. Lawrence, University of Kansas, 1946-1996. ENG url p. 14, p. 15, p. 21, p. 27, p. 44, p. 85.
- Occasional papers - San Diego Society of Natural History. San Diego, The Society. ENG url p. 10.
- Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas: The University, 1971-1994. ENG url p. 27.
- Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems / [edited by], Edward T. LaRoe [et al.]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service, 1995. ENG url p. 524.
- Point Lobos Reseerve; State Park, California. Interpretation of a primitive landscape. Sacramento, [State Print. Off., 1954] ENG url p. 95.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. [Washington, Biological Society of Washington] ENG url p. 6.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. ENG url p. 40.
- Proceedings of the National Shellfisheries Association. Plymouth, Mass., Published for the National Shellfisheries Association by MPG Communications. ENG url p. 73, p. 80.
- Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc. (Length and wingspan info.)
- Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. ENG url p. 33.
- Social feeding behavior of birds. [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1954. ENG url p. 42.
- Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary final environmental impact statement/management plan / Sanctuaries and Reserves Division. Washington, D.C.: The Division, [1993] ENG url p. 31.
- The biology of marine animals. New York, Interscience Publishers[1960] ENG url p. 696.
- The ecology of Tijuana Estuary, California: a national estuarine research reserve / by Joy B. Zedler, Christopher S. Nordby and Barbara E. Kus. [Washington, D.C.: NOAA Office of Coastal Resource Management, Sanctuaries and Reserves Division], 1992. ENG url p. 68.
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. [San Diego]: The Society, 1905- ENG url p. 130, p. 161, p. 329, p. 410, p. 476, p. 479, p. 54.
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2004. Melanitta perspicillata. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 16 providers.
- Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
- Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, and quot;Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds, and quot; in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, and J. Fallon. 2005. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2004. Version 2005.2. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
- Sauer, J. R., S. Schwartz, and B. Hoover. 1996. The Christmas Bird Count Home Page. Version 95.1. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
- Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
- Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
- Bird Studies Canada: BC Coastal Waterbird Survey
- Bird Studies Canada: Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 1981-1985
- Bird Studies Canada: Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 2001-2005
- Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: North West Territories and Nunavut Bird Checklist, Canada
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Royal British Columbia Museum
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
- Finnish Museum of Natural History: Hatikka Observation Data Gateway
- GBIF-Sweden: Birds (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: SEAMAP - marine mammals, birds and turtles
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- New Brunswick Museum: NBM birds
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
- UCLA-Dickey Bird Collection (UCLA-Dickey): Bird specimens
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3854426
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175170
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14086133
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175170
- IUCN ID: 47229
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNJB17020
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6865
