Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
About the Velvet Scoter
The velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca) is a large sea duck, which breeds over the far north of Europe and the Palearctic west of the Yenisey basin. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek melas "black" and netta "duck". The species name is from the Latin fuscus "dusky brown".
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 76 recordings for this species: 38 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Finland, France, Germany, Norway in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigrarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.