White-winged scoter
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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.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Genus: | Melanitta |
Subgenus: | Melanitta |
Species: | M. deglandi |
Binomial name | |
Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte, 1850) | |
Synonyms | |
Melanitta fusca deglandi |
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