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 | Feketeréce |
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
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Common Scoter Melanitta nigra Scientific name definitions
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 9, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 9, 2014
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
Authors
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.blksco1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- September 9, 2014
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
Authors
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2014). Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.