Common Scoter Melanitta nigra Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (44)
- Monotypic
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 9, 2014
Text last updated September 9, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Rosa e zezë |
| Armenian | Սև տուրպան |
| Asturian | Zapateru comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Qara qılquyruq |
| Basque | Ahatebeltz arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Траурна потапница |
| Catalan | ànec negre comú |
| Chinese (SIM) | 普通海番鸭 |
| Croatian | crna patka |
| Czech | turpan černý |
| Danish | Sortand |
| Dutch | Zwarte Zee-eend |
| English | Common Scoter |
| English (United States) | Common Scoter |
| Faroese | Kolont |
| Finnish | mustalintu |
| French | Macreuse noire |
| French (Canada) | Macreuse noire d'Eurasie |
| French (France) | Macreuse noire |
| Galician | Mourelo común |
| German | Trauerente |
| Greek | (Ευρωπαϊκή) Μαυρόπαπια |
| Hebrew | קטיפנית שחורה |
| Hungarian | Fekete réce |
| Icelandic | Hrafnsönd |
| Italian | Orchetto marino |
| Japanese | ヨーロッパクロガモ |
| Latvian | Melnā pīle |
| Lithuanian | Juodoji antis |
| Norwegian | svartand |
| Persian | سیاه اردک معمولی |
| Polish | markaczka |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Negrola-comum |
| Romanian | Rață neagră |
| Russian | Синьга |
| Serbian | Crni turpan |
| Slovak | turpan čierny |
| Slovenian | Črna raca |
| Spanish | Negrón Común |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Negreta Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Negrón común |
| Swedish | sjöorre |
| Turkish | Kara Ördek |
| Ukrainian | Синьга євразійська |
Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Anas nigra
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:
Lapland, England.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELANITTA
- nigra
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 Common Scoter
