American Scoter - Melanitta americana

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Melanitta americana
Author (Swainson, 1832)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 714092
Common Names English: American Scoter
English: Black Scoter
French: Macreuse à bec jaune
Spanish: Negrón americano
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Anseriformes
          Family: Anatidae
            Genus: Melanitta
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
See ITIS metadata in XML

Physical Description / Field Identification

N/A

Can be Confused With

N/A

Distribution

N/A

Ecology and Behavior

N/A

Feeding and Prey

N/A

Threats and Status

N/A

Links

References

N/A
ITIS TSN714092
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
    -
Status - Red List, IUCN
    -
#records (spatial)2
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets1
Year2024 - 2025
Latitude43.55 - 43.81
Longitude-69.92 - -69.52
See metadata in static HTML