Stejneger's Scoter (Melanitta stejnegeri)
About the Stejneger's Scoter
Stejneger's scoter (Melanitta stejnegeri), also known as the Siberian scoter, is a large sea duck. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek melas "black" and netta "duck". Stejneger's scoter was described by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway in 1887 and given the binomial name Oidemia stejnegeri. The specific name was chosen to honour the Norwegian born ornithologist Leonhard Stejneger. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the white-winged scoter. It was suggested to be a full species, according to a new study, and the species were split in 2019.
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Listed as recorded in Mongolia 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.