Black Scoter
Melanitta americana - Macreuse à bec jaune
Systematics
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Order:
Anseriformes
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Family:
Anatidés
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Genus:
Melanitta
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Species:
americana
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: -
Geographic range
Description identification
Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Macreuse à bec jaune,
- Negrón americano,
- negrola-americana,
- Pazifiktrauerente,
- nyerges réce,
- Amerikaanse Zee-eend,
- Orchetto marino americano,
- amerikansk sjöorre,
- Amerikasvartand,
- turpan americký,
- turpan žlutozobý,
- Amerikansk Sortand,
- amerikanmustalintu,
- ànec negre americà,
- markaczka amerykańska,
- Amerikas melnā pīle,
- Американская синьга,
- クロガモ,
- 黑海番鸭,
- 美洲黑海番鴨,
Habitat
Shrubland : Boreal ; Wetlands (inland) : Tundra Wetlands (incl. pools and temporary waters from snowmelt) ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged)
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes