Species Reference: 
Melanitta americana
EoL id: 
1276209
EoL DataObjectVersion id: 
28912041
Subject: 
http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Migration
Section: 
Migration
Description: 

Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).

Locally Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.

Migrates northward March-May, southward September-October. Atlantic Flyway wintering population is thought to come from Labrador and the west coast of Hudson Bay (Kehoe 1994).

Source: 
NatureServe
Source URL: 
http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Melanitta+americana
License: 
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Rights Holder: 
NatureServe