Common Scoter
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Common Scoter

Melanitta nigra

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Białowieża National Park
3 Verified records at Białowieża National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The common scoter (Melanitta nigra) is a large sea duck, 43–54 cm (17–21 in) in length, which breeds over the far north of Europe and the Palearctic east to the Olenyok River. The black scoter (M. americana) of North America and eastern Siberia was formerly considered to be a subspecies. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Białowieża National Park

Velvet Scoter
VU

Velvet Scoter

Bird

Melanitta fusca

Insufficient data
Mallard
LC

Mallard

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anas platyrhynchos

50–60% · Likely
Mute Swan

Mute Swan

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cygnus olor

20–30% · Possible
Gadwall
LC

Gadwall

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Mareca strepera

20–30% · Possible
Whooper Swan
LC

Whooper Swan

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cygnus cygnus

10–20% · With luck
Common Teal
LC

Common Teal

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anas crecca

10–20% · With luck
Eurasian Wigeon
LC

Eurasian Wigeon

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Mareca penelope

10–20% · With luck
Garganey
LC

Garganey

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Spatula querquedula

10–20% · With luck
Northern Shoveler
LC

Northern Shoveler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Spatula clypeata

10–20% · With luck
Greater White-fronted Goose
LC

Greater White-fronted Goose

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anser albifrons

5–10% · With luck
Northern Pintail
LC

Northern Pintail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anas acuta

5–10% · With luck
Tundra Bean Goose

Tundra Bean Goose

Bird

Anser serrirostris

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Common Scoter at Białowieża National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
10–20%
2 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
10–20%
3 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
4 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
5 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
Insufficient data
6 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
Insufficient data
7 Gauja National Park 🇱🇻 Latvia
Insufficient data
8 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
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