Population status

Black Scoter
(Melanitta americana)

There are two Black Scoter populations in Canada: Atlantic and Pacific Populations. Until recently, the eastern breeding ground was thought to encompass the Ontario Hudson Bay Lowlands, northern and central Quebec, and western Labrador; however, recent studies show that pairs also breed from the Hudson Bay coast of Manitoba almost up to the Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories (Sea Duck Joint Venture 2015). The Pacific Population in Canada has been found to breed in northern Yukon and the northwestern extent of the Northwest Territories (Bordage and Savard 2011).  Detailed information on the population status of waterfowl species is available in the Population status of Migratory Game birds in Canada report (summarized version). To obtain a copy of the full version of this report, including tables and graphs, please contact MBRegs.Reports@canada.ca.

 

 

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