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Velvet Scoters in Iceland
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Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca fusca (note that some (many?) of the records prior to 1995 may refer to the American subspecies deglandi). 66 accepted individuals up to and including 2003 (including subspecies deglandi and stejnegeri).


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Explanations:

  • Figure 1 shows the distribution of records in Iceland, the circles representing different numbers of birds and the blue triangles records at sea.
  • Figure 2 shows the weekly distribution of records. Red columns show the week of discovery and the yellow columns all observations after the first week (for birds that are seen more than one week).
    R = number of records & F = number of birds.
  • Figure 3 shows the annual distribution of records for the period mentioned.

    © Gunnlaugur Pétursson / Yann Kolbeinsson