Sea Life Deep Sea Fishes Sea Turtles Green Sea Turtles Hawksbill Sea Turtles Sea Lion Sea Monkeys Sea Otter Sea Birds Seahorses Sea Snakes Sea Dragons Sea Eagles Sea Anemone Sea Bass Sea Whales Sea Spider Sea Mammals In the Sea Sea Shells Sea Sponges Sea Caves Sea Coral Sea Cucumbers Sea Pictures and Wallpapers Pictures of the Sea Sea Wallpapers Other Sea Information Deep Sea Diving Deep Sea Research Marine Biology Naval Sea Systems Sea Exploration Sea Grape Sea Level Rise Oceans and Seas Indian Ocean Southern Ocean Atlantic Ocean Arctic Ocean Pacific Ocean Baltic Sea The Aral Sea The Caspian Sea Japan Sea Red Sea Okhotsk Sea North Sea Dead Sea Yellow Sea Caribbean Sea Andaman Sea Mediterranean Sea Black Sea Barents Sea Kara Sea Sea Duck: Scoter Scoters are the chubby sea ducks, which belong to genus Melanitta, family Anatidae. The male scoter is black in color with swollen bills, while female bird is brown in color. Scoters are primarily found in North America and in the far north of Asia and Europe. During winters they move towards further south of those continents. Scoters live in large flocks on the coasts. They build their nests in line on the ground near to sea, rivers or lakes, in woodland or tundra. These birds live together and are tend to take off together. Scoter lives on eating mollusks and crustaceans. There are five species of scoters, which are again categorized into two subgenera: subgenus Oidemia Black Scoters Common Scoters subgenus Melanitta Surf Scoters Velvet Scoters White-Winged Scoters The fossil species of scoter, Melanitta ceruttii which was found in California during the Late Pliocene is now put in the Histrionicus genus.