Medium-sized sea duck with a fairly small, straight bill. All black except for yellow knob at base of bill.
Medium-sized sea duck with a fairly small, straight bill. Brownish overall with pale face and neatly delineated dark cap.
Often found in small flocks, sometimes with other scoter species. Call is a soft whistling. Female lacks yellow knob on bill and has pale cheek with neat dark cap.
Medium-sized sea duck with a straight, thin bill. In flight, wings are all dark. Breeding males have yellow knob on bill; females have pale cheeks with neat, dark cap.
Brownish sea duck with dark-capped head pattern reminiscent of female but yellowish knob at base of bill like adult male.
Medium-sized brownish sea duck with a small, straight bill. Distinctive face pattern: pale cheeks and sharply defined dark cap.
May occur in flocks with other scoter species. Bill considerably smaller and straighter than Surf Scoter's (second from left).
Found mainly in saltwater along rocky coastlines.
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A stocky, medium-sized seaduck with a short tail, rounded head, and a broad bill that does not slope up to the forehead, as the Surf Scoter's bill does. Male Black Scoters have a rounded knob at the base of the bill.
Larger than a Long-tailed Duck, smaller than a White-winged Scoter.
crow-sizedDucks, Geese, and Waterfowl(Order: Anseriformes, Family: Anatidae)
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