surf scoter
melanitta perspicillata latin

He had barely finished speaking when a lone female surf scoter came hurtling past.

Submerged tidelands support a variety of resident and migratory water birds such as surf scoter, black oystercatcher, diving ducks, and osprey.

The Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) is a large sea duck, which breeds in Canada and Alaska.

These include Ring-billed Gull, Surf Scoter and Pectoral Sandpiper.

SURF SCOTER Melanitta perspicillata.

Especially common are the razorbill, the surf scoter, the black scoter, the long-tailed duck, the red-throated loon, the common loon, and the lesser black-backed gull.

Birds found on the bay include gull species, Caspian Tern, Brown Pelican, Cormorant, Surf Scoter, and Common Murre.

These two species, and the Surf Scoter, are placed in the subgenus Melanitta, distinct from the subgenus Oidemia, Black and Common Scoters.

After infection of the mole crab (the intermediate host), the parasite becomes a dormant cystacanth until the crab is eaten by a suitable bird, such as the Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata or Herring Gull, Larus argentatus (the final or definitive host).

The Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) is a large sea duck, which breeds in Canada and Alaska.

SURF SCOTER Melanitta perspicillata.

After infection of the mole crab (the intermediate host), the parasite becomes a dormant cystacanth until the crab is eaten by a suitable bird, such as the Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata or Herring Gull, Larus argentatus (the final or definitive host).