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Common Scoter

Melanitta nigra

About

The common scoter is a seaduck that winters in large flocks off UK coasts and breeds on a few Scottish and Irish moorland lochs.

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Category
Bird
Latin name
Melanitta nigra
IUCN Status
NT — Near Threatened
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Conservation Status: NT

Near Threatened — assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.