Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (48)
- Monotypic
Carles Carboneras, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 5, 2016
Text last updated May 5, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Rosa e zezë krahëbardhë |
| Arabic | بط اسقطور مخملي |
| Armenian | Տուրպան |
| Asturian | Zapateru especulñu |
| Azerbaijani | Adi qılquyruq |
| Basque | Ahatebeltz hegalzuri europarra |
| Bulgarian | Кадифена потапница |
| Catalan | ànec fosc eurasiàtic |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 絲絨海番鴨 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 丝绒海番鸭 |
| Croatian | patka kulašica |
| Czech | turpan hnědý |
| Danish | Fløjlsand |
| Dutch | Grote Zee-eend |
| English | Velvet Scoter |
| English (United States) | Velvet Scoter |
| Faroese | Spegilsont |
| Finnish | pilkkasiipi |
| French | Macreuse brune |
| French (Canada) | Macreuse brune d'Eurasie |
| French (France) | Macreuse brune |
| Galician | Mourelo fusco |
| German | Samtente |
| Greek | Βελουδόπαπια |
| Hebrew | קטיפנית שחומה |
| Hungarian | Füstös réce |
| Icelandic | Korpönd |
| Italian | Orco marino |
| Japanese | ヨーロッパビロードキンクロ |
| Korean | 노랑부리검둥오리사촌 |
| Latvian | Tumšā pīle |
| Lithuanian | Paprastoji nuodegulė |
| Mongolian | Хар монхдой |
| Norwegian | sjøorre |
| Persian | سیاه اردک مخملی |
| Polish | uhla |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Negrola-d'asa-branca |
| Romanian | Rață catifelată |
| Russian | Турпан |
| Serbian | Baršunasti turpan |
| Slovak | turpan tmavý |
| Slovenian | Beloliska |
| Spanish | Negrón Especulado |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Negreta Alas Blancas Euroasiática |
| Spanish (Spain) | Negrón especulado |
| Swedish | svärta |
| Turkish | Kadife Ördek |
| Ukrainian | Турпан білокрилий |
Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Anas fusca
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.123.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Oceano Europaeo'; restricted to coast of Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 39.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELANITTA
- fusca
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Velvet Scoter
