Melanitta fusca, Velvet scoter

Melanitta fusca   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Velvet scoter
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; sötvatten; brackvatten; djupintervall 0 - 60 m (Ref. 124889).  Boreal; 71°N - 36°N, 10°W - 84°E (Ref. 124582)

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Inland Asia, the Mediterranean, Pacific and Atlantic Ocean and Arctic. Subtropical to boreal.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 59.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 94965); publicerad maxvikt: 1.8 kg (Ref. 356)

Short description Morfologi

Culmen: 4.285 cm; tarsus: 4.73 cm; wing: 27.15 cm.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Surface diving; dabbling; coastal. Winters: Norway to Spain, Black, Caspian and Mediterranean Seas; coastal East Asia, south to Japan and China; Atlantic and Pacific coastlines to Baja California, south Carolina, Florida, and Gulf coast (Ref. 356). They breed on wooded coastlines, small freshwater lakes, pools and rivers. They inhabit areas with boulder-covered or small rocky islands available for nesting with extensive herbaceous vegetation, shrubs and low trees. For the non-breeding population, winters are in shallow areas of inshore coastal waters; especially in water inlets where there are large mussel-beds but they also occur in freshwater habitats such as lakes and estuaries during migration (Ref. 83520). Feeds on clams, snails, barnacles, mussels and crabs found along the coast (Ref. 94965).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

BirdLife International. 2010. (Ref. 83520)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Sårbar, se IUCNs rödlista (VU) (A2abcde); Date assessed: 01 September 2020

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)


Threat to humans

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 4.2 - 17.2, mean 9.2 (based on 2299 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.