Velvet Scoter

Velvet Scoter

Melanitta fusca

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Snowdonia National Park
3 Verified records at Snowdonia National Park

Closest Relatives at Snowdonia National Park

Common Scoter
LC

Common Scoter

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Melanitta nigra

<5% · Rare
Mallard
LC

Mallard

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anas platyrhynchos

50–60% · Likely
Canada Goose
LC

Canada Goose

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Branta canadensis

40–50% · Likely
Common Shelduck
LC

Common Shelduck

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tadorna tadorna

30–40% · Possible
Mute Swan

Mute Swan

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cygnus olor

30–40% · Possible
Common Teal
LC

Common Teal

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anas crecca

20–30% · Possible
Tufted Duck
LC

Tufted Duck

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Aythya fuligula

20–30% · Possible
Eurasian Wigeon
LC

Eurasian Wigeon

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Mareca penelope

10–20% · With luck
Gadwall
LC

Gadwall

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Mareca strepera

10–20% · With luck
Northern Shoveler
LC

Northern Shoveler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Spatula clypeata

10–20% · With luck
Common Merganser
LC

Common Merganser

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Mergus merganser

10–20% · With luck
Red-breasted Merganser
LC

Red-breasted Merganser

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Mergus serrator

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Velvet Scoter at Snowdonia National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🕐 When They’re Spotted

🕐

Sightings of Velvet Scoter are recorded here, but fewer than 5 of them carry a time of day in GBIF — sighting probability uses whole days, so it is unaffected. The hourly pattern needs timestamps we don't have yet.

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
2 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
3 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
4 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
Insufficient data
5 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
Insufficient data
6 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
7 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
Insufficient data
8 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
9 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
Insufficient data
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