Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Rosa e zezë krahëbardhë |
| Arabic | بط اسقطور مخملي |
| Armenian | Տուրպան |
| Asturian | Zapateru especulñu |
| Azerbaijani | Adi qılquyruq |
| Basque | Ahatebeltz hegalzuri europarra |
| Bulgarian | Кадифена потапница |
| Catalan | ànec fosc eurasiàtic |
| Chinese (SIM) | 丝绒海番鸭 |
| Croatian | patka kulašica |
| Czech | turpan hnědý |
| Danish | Fløjlsand |
| Dutch | Grote Zee-eend |
| English | Velvet Scoter |
| English (United States) | Velvet Scoter |
| Faroese | Spegilsont |
| Finnish | pilkkasiipi |
| French | Macreuse brune |
| French (Canada) | Macreuse brune d'Eurasie |
| French (France) | Macreuse brune |
| Galician | Mourelo fusco |
| German | Samtente |
| Greek | Βελουδόπαπια |
| Hebrew | קטיפנית שחומה |
| Hungarian | Füstös réce |
| Icelandic | Korpönd |
| Italian | Orco marino |
| Japanese | ヨーロッパビロードキンクロ |
| Korean | 노랑부리검둥오리사촌 |
| Latvian | Tumšā pīle |
| Lithuanian | Paprastoji nuodegulė |
| Mongolian | Хар монхдой |
| Norwegian | sjøorre |
| Persian | سیاه اردک مخملی |
| Polish | uhla |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Negrola-d'asa-branca |
| Romanian | Rață catifelată |
| Russian | Турпан |
| Serbian | Baršunasti turpan |
| Slovak | turpan tmavý |
| Slovenian | Beloliska |
| Spanish | Negrón Especulado |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Negreta Alas Blancas Euroasiática |
| Spanish (Spain) | Negrón especulado |
| Swedish | svärta |
| Turkish | Kadife Ördek |
| Ukrainian | Турпан білокрилий |
Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Anas fusca
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:
'Oceano Europaeo'; restricted to coast of Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 39.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELANITTA
- fusca
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Scientific name definitions
Carles Carboneras, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 5, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 5, 2016
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
Authors
Carles Carboneras, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C., G. M. Kirwan, and C. J. Sharpe (2020). Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca), 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.whwsco3.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- May 5, 2016
- Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
Authors
Carles Carboneras, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan and Christopher J. Sharpe
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C., G. M. Kirwan, and C. J. Sharpe (2016). Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca). 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.
