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Common Scoter Melanitta nigra Scientific name definitions

Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 9, 2014

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Recommended Citation

Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra), 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.blksco1.01
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