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Velvet Scoter

Dutch: Grote Zee-eend
German: Samtente
Spanish: Negrón Especulado
French: Macreuse brune

Order:

Anseriformes

Family:

Anatidae

Genus:

Melanitta

Species:

Melanitta fusca

Images

20 mm

Side, top and bottom view of skull. (Click on image to enlarge)

Length:

119 mm

Length cranium:

64 mm

Width (cranium):

34 mm

Height (cranium):

29 mm

Length bill:

55 mm

Skull ratio: (Length / Length bill)

2.16

Extra image:

adult male with beak sheat

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