Waterfowl
Velvet scoter
Melanitta fusca
- Group
- Waterfowl
- Size class
- Small (under 10 kg)
- Family
- Anatidae
Range
- Europe
- Asia
Habitat
- Coast
Range
Countries it is found in
41 countries
- Åland Islands
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
Range from:Wikipedia country bird lists, GBIF occurrence records — read 2026-08-05
Cross-reference
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Same genus (Melanitta)
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Same subfamily (Anatinae)
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Same subfamily (Anatinae)
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