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Common Scoter
Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, C 1758)
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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto &
macaulaylibrary.org.
| Species name | Recordist | Date | Location | Remarks | Cat.nr. |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | David Darrell-Lambert | 2020-04-18 | Thames View Hill, Chafford Hundred, Thurrock (United Kingdom) (30 m) | nocturnal flight call - [sono] | 994688 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Jarred Johnson | 2021-04-13 | Great Britain (near Filey), North Yorkshire, England, North Yorkshire (United Kingdom) (40 m) | nocturnal flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
638770 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Dan Lombard | 2021-04-14 | Great Britain, North Yorkshire, England, North Yorkshire (United Kingdom) (30 m) | female, male, nocturnal flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
639104 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Will Scott | 2021-04-17 | Great Britain (near Hunmanby), North Yorkshire, England, North Yorkshire (United Kingdom) (60 m) | flight call, nocturnal flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
639819 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Dan Lombard | 2021-04-12 | Great Britain, North Yorkshire, England, North Yorkshire (United Kingdom) (30 m) | male, nocturnal flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
639100 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Lars Mogensen | 2023-09-15 | Tjele, Viborg Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Denmark (Denmark) (10 m) | flight call, nocturnal flight call - Male and female, nearby with wingbeats too.
|
830522 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Mark Pearson | 2024-05-08 | Filey, North Yorkshire, England, North Yorkshire (United Kingdom) (50 m) | call, flight call, nocturnal flight call - [sono] | 903034 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Lisette | 2021-10-12 | Stiens, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Leeuwarderadeel (former) (Netherlands) (0 m) | call, flight call, nocturnal flight call - Zoom H5 nocmig recording. First halve noise reduction/amplification. Second halve unedited. Twice the same sound. bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
694048 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Jean COURTIN | 2024-03-25 | Arrondissement de Vannes (near Sérent), Morbihan, Brittany, Morbihan (France) (60 m) | flight call, nocturnal flight call - [sono] | 984299 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Sonothèque ADVL | 2024-11-04 | Cabane Vauban (Carolles), Manche, Normandie, Manche (France) (50 m) | call - Sonothèque des oiseaux de Carolles et de la baie du Mont-Saint-Michel. Association de Défense de la Vallée du Lude et des sites environnants. Enregistrement Rozenn Le Fur.
|
953869 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Etienne Rogeau | 2025-04-04 | MCE's roof, Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine (France) (30 m) | nocturnal flight call - [sono] | 986815 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Lars Mogensen | 2024-03-31 | Tjele, Viborg Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Tjele (Denmark) (10 m) | nocturnal flight call - And with wingbeats.
|
892082 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | James Spencer | 2026-03-22 | Great Britain (near Nafferton), East Riding of Yorkshire, England, East Riding of Yorkshire (United Kingdom) (10 m) | nocturnal flight call - [also] [sono] | 1090391 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Mark Pearson | 2021-04-12 | Filey, North Yorkshire, England, North Yorkshire (United Kingdom) (40 m) | call, flight call, nocturnal flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
638706 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Lars Mogensen | 2025-07-20 | Tjele, Viborg Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Tjele (Denmark) (10 m) | flight call, nocturnal flight call, Only 'Steam-Train' sounds. - Time 00.11. Only "Steam-Train" sounds.
|
1018202 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Sonothèque ADVL | 2024-11-04 | Carolles, Manche, Normandie, Manche (France) (30 m) | flight call - Sonothèque des oiseaux de Carolles et de la baie du Mont-Saint-Michel. Association de Défense de la Vallée du Lude et des sites environnants. Enregistrement Rozenn Le Fur.
|
946013 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Teet Sirotkin | 2021-04-29 | Solberga, Stockholm (Sweden) (40 m) | nocturnal flight call - [sono] | 643893 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Will Scott | 2021-04-08 | Great Britain (near Hunmanby), North Yorkshire, England, North Yorkshire (United Kingdom) (60 m) | flight call, nocturnal flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
637287 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Alan Dalton | 2023-04-09 | Landsort, Nynäshamn Municipality, Stockholms län, Nynäshamn (Sweden) (10 m) | nocturnal flight call - Nocturnally migrating flock
|
798287 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | David Tattersley | 2022-04-03 | Great Britain (near Huddersfield), West Yorkshire, England, West Yorkshire (former county) (United Kingdom) (150 m) | nocturnal flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
713040 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Will Scott | 2022-04-09 | Great Britain (near Hunmanby), North Yorkshire, England, North Yorkshire (United Kingdom) (60 m) | female, flight call, male, nocturnal flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
714405 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Lars Mogensen | 2025-04-13 | Tjele, Viborg Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Tjele (Denmark) (10 m) | nocturnal flight call - [sono] | 987790 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Lars Mogensen | 2022-07-03 | Tjele, Viborg Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Tjele (Denmark) (10 m) | nocturnal flight call - The 'Steam-train-calls.'
|
735729 xeno-canto.org |
| Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra | Lars Mogensen | 2022-10-18 | Tjele, Viborg Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Tjele (Denmark) (10 m) | flight call, nocturnal flight call, 'Singing' wingbeats. - [sono] | 756862 xeno-canto.org |
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xeno-canto &
macaulaylibrary.org.
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