variants:
or less commonly white-winged coot
Definition of white-winged scoter
: a large and very common American scoter (Melanitta deglandi) that is closely related to the velvet scoter of Europe and has a white speculum of the wing and in the adult male a white spot under the eye
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The first known use of white-winged scoter was in 1886
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