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Melanitta fusca deglandi (American white-winged scoter)

Synonyms: Melanitta deglandi; Melanitta deglandi deglandi; Melanitta deglandi dixoni; Melanitta fusca dixoni

Wikipedia Abstract

The White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi) is a large sea duck.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  4.02 lbs (1.82 kg)
Female Weight [1]  3.82 lbs (1.73 kg)
Male Weight [1]  4.23 lbs (1.92 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  10.7 %

Prey / Diet

Cryptonatica affinis (Arctic moonsnail)[2]
Leukoma staminea (Pacific littleneck)[2]
Margarites pupillus (little margarite)[2]
Mytilus edulis (Blue mussel)[2]
Neptunea lyrata (inflated whelk)[2]
Venerupis philippinarum (Japanese littleneck)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Bucephala islandica (Barrow's Goldeneye)3
Calidris canutus (Red Knot)1
Clangula hyemalis (Oldsquaw)2
Cryptonatica janthostoma (purplemouth moonsnail)1
Haematopus bachmani (Black Oystercatcher)1
Limnodromus griseus (Short-billed Dowitcher)1
Somateria mollissima (Common Eider)1
Tringa semipalmata (Willet)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Amidostomoides monodon <Unverified Name>[4]
Aploparaksis furcigera[4]
Capillaria nyrocinarum <Unverified Name>[4]
Corynosoma constrictum[4]
Diplostomum pusillum <Unverified Name>[4]
Echinatrium skrjabini <Unverified Name>[4]
Epomidiostomum uncinatum <Unverified Name>[4]
Fimbriaria fasciolaris[4]
Hymenolepis albertensis <Unverified Name>[4]
Hymenolepis arcticus <Unverified Name>[4]
Hymenolepis arcuata <Unverified Name>[4]
Hymenolepis furcigera <Unverified Name>[4]
Hymenolepis pachycephala <Unverified Name>[4]
Lateriporus mathevossianae <Unverified Name>[4]
Microsomacanthus melanittae <Unverified Name>[4]
Microsomacanthus mica <Unverified Name>[4]
Microsomacanthus paraparvula <Unverified Name>[4]
Polymorphus altmani[4]
Polymorphus major[4]

Distribution

North America;

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Citations

Species recognized by , , ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Brown, PW and LH Fredrickson. 1997. White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca). In A. Poole and F. Gill [eds.], The Birds of North America, No. 274. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, DC. ♦ 2Winter feeding ecology and trophic relationships of Oldsquaws and White-winged Scoters on Kachemak Bay, Alaska, Gerald A. Sanger and Robert D. Jones, Jr., Canadian Wildlife Service, 1984 ♦ 3Food Web Relationships of Northern Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca : a Synthesis of the Available Knowledge, Charles A. Simenstad, Bruce S. Miller, Carl F. Nyblade, Kathleen Thornburgh, and Lewis J. Bledsoe, EPA-600 7-29-259 September 1979 ♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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