The White-winged Scoter is a large sea duck with bold white patches in its wings. It searches for shellfish near coasts in winter and breeds around northern lakes.
This large sea duck has clear white patches in its wings. The male is glossy black, with a curved white mark near the eye and an orange-tipped bill.
In winter it dives deep to pull mussels from rocks. Around its northern breeding lakes, its diet shifts to crustaceans and insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.