White-winged Scoter - Melanitta fusca deglandi

1/6/07

Des Moines Beach Park, Des Moines, Washington, U.S.A.

Melanitta fusca deglandi, male.

This shot shows (barely) the white patch on the wing of the White-winged Scoter.

Taken with a Nikon N65, zoom lens Quantaray 70-300mm 1:4-5.6D LDO Macro.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Aves

Order: Anseriformes

Family: Anatidae

Subfamily: Anatinae

Genus: Melanitta

Species: fusca

Subspecies: deglandi

(Melanitta fusca deglandi) White-winged Scoter

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