Black scoter - Melanitta nigra
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
| Scientific Name |
Melanitta nigra |
| Author |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Taxonomic Rank |
Species |
| Taxonomic # |
175171 |
| Common Names |
Spanish: Negreta negra
English: Black Scoter
English: Common Scoter
French: Macreuse noire
Spanish: Negrón común
Portuguese: negrola
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| Current Standing |
valid |
| Taxonomic Parents |
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Melanitta
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| Synonyms (since 1950) |
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Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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| ITIS TSN | 175171 |
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Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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LC (Global)
LC (Europe) |
| #records (spatial) | 16,839 |
| #records (non-spatial) | 0 |
| #datasets | 36 |
| Year | 1969 - 2025 |
| Latitude | 32.02 - 63.53 |
| Longitude | -131.81 - 23.77 |
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