Black Scoter Melanitta americana Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (39)
- Monotypic
Daniel Bordage and Jean-Pierre L. Savard
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 29, 2011
Text last updated July 29, 2011
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Zapateru americanu |
| Basque | Ahatebeltz amerikarra |
| Bulgarian | Американска траурна потапница |
| Catalan | ànec negre americà |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 黑海番鴨 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黑海番鸭 |
| Croatian | američka crna patka |
| Czech | turpan žlutozobý |
| Danish | Amerikansk Sortand |
| Dutch | Amerikaanse Zee-eend |
| English | Black Scoter |
| English (United States) | Black Scoter |
| Finnish | amerikanmustalintu |
| French | Macreuse à bec jaune |
| French (France) | Macreuse à bec jaune |
| Galician | Mourelo de bico amarelo |
| German | Pazifiktrauerente |
| Greek | Μαυρόπαπια της Αλάσκας |
| Hebrew | קטיפנית אמריקנית |
| Hungarian | Nyerges réce |
| Icelandic | Krummönd |
| Japanese | クロガモ |
| Korean | 검둥오리 |
| Latvian | Amerikas melnā pīle |
| Lithuanian | Amerikinė juodoji antis |
| Norwegian | amerikasvartand |
| Polish | markaczka amerykańska |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Negrola-americana |
| Romanian | Rață neagră americană |
| Russian | Американская синьга |
| Serbian | Američki crni turpan |
| Slovak | turpan americký |
| Slovenian | Ameriška črna raca |
| Spanish | Negrón Americano |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Negreta Pico Amarillo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Negrón americano |
| Swedish | amerikansk sjöorre |
| Turkish | Amerika Kara Ördeği |
| Ukrainian | Синьга американська |
Melanitta americana (Swainson, 1832)
PROTONYM:
Oidemia Americana
Swainson, 1832. Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. Part second, the birds 2(1831), p.450.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Hudson Bay.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELANITTA
- americ / americana / americanum / americanus
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
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- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Black Scoter in North America.
This species also breeds in northern Europe and Asia. See text for details.
