White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (36)
- Monotypic
Patrick W. Brown and Leigh H. Fredrickson
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | بط اسقطور ابيض الجناح |
| Asturian | Zapateru aliblancu |
| Basque | Ahatebeltz hegalzuri amerikarra |
| Bulgarian | Американска кадифена потапница |
| Catalan | ànec fosc americà |
| Chinese (SIM) | 北美斑脸海番鸭 |
| Croatian | kanadska patka |
| Czech | turpan kanadský |
| Danish | Amerikansk Fløjlsand |
| Dutch | Amerikaanse Grote Zee-eend |
| English | White-winged Scoter |
| English (United States) | White-winged Scoter |
| Faroese | Skyggisont |
| French | Macreuse à ailes blanches |
| French (France) | Macreuse à ailes blanches |
| Galician | Mourelo de Degland |
| German | Höckersamtente |
| Hebrew | קטיפנית לבנת-כנף |
| Hungarian | Tükrös réce |
| Icelandic | Kolönd |
| Japanese | アメリカビロードキンクロ |
| Lithuanian | Baltasparnė nuodegulė (deglandi) |
| Norwegian | amerikasjøorre |
| Polish | uhla garbonosa |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Negrola-de-degland |
| Russian | Белокрылый турпан |
| Serbian | Američki belokrili turpan |
| Slovak | turpan nosorohý |
| Slovenian | Ameriška beloliska |
| Spanish | Negrón Aliblanco |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Negrón especulado |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Negreta Alas Blancas Americana |
| Spanish (Spain) | Negrón aliblanco |
| Swedish | amerikansk knölsvärta |
| Turkish | Ak Kanatlı Kadife Ördek |
| Ukrainian | Турпан горбатодзьобий |
Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte, 1850)
PROTONYM:
Oedemia deglandi
Bonaparte, 1850. Revue critique de l'ornithologie européenne de M. le Docteur Degland (de Lille), p.108.
TYPE LOCALITY:
North America.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELANITTA
- deglandi
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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Figure 1. Distribution of the White-winged Scoter in North America.
Winters primarily along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, but also Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and southern Lake Michigan. Uncommon to rare in other inland lakes during migration and winter. This species also breeds in eastern Asia.
