---
title: "Uhla garbonosa"
description: "Melanitta deglandi — Ptaki. The white-winged scoter (Melanitta deglandi) is a large sea duck."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/white-winged-scoter
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Uhla garbonosa

> Melanitta deglandi — Ptaki. The white-winged scoter (Melanitta deglandi) is a large sea duck.

- Scientific name: *Melanitta deglandi*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 11709
- Wikidata: [Q2020137](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2020137)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144222](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144222)

## Names

- en: White-winged Scoter
- de: Höckersamtente
- es: Negrón aliblanco
- fr: Macreuse à ailes blanches
- nl: Amerikaanse grote zee-eend
- pt: Negrola-d'asa-branca-americana
- pl: Uhla garbonosa

## Countries with the most observations

US (6146), CA (4505), GB (14), MX (12), IS (8), JP (3)

## Summary

The white-winged scoter (Melanitta deglandi) is a large sea duck. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek melas "black" and netta "duck". The species name commemorates French ornithologist Côme-Damien Degland.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-winged_scoter

## Photo

![Uhla garbonosa](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-winged-scoter/medium.jpg)

Photo: David Bird · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/260540701

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-winged-scoter?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).