Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Galloanserae > Superorder Anserimorphae > Order Anseriformes > Suborder Anseri > Superfamily Anatoidea > Family Anatidae > Genus Melanitta

Melanitta americana (Swainson, 1832)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MelanittaBoie, 1822accepted genus name

Species group names

Oidemia americana Swainson, 1832 objective synonym
Melanitta nigra americana (Swainson, 1832) synonym
Oedemia americana Swainson, 1832 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: Amerikansk sortand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: Amerikaanse zee-eend sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: black scoter sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 French: macreuse à bec jaune sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 German: Amerikanische Trauerente sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 Japanese: クロガモ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Swedish: Amerikansk sjöorre

Literature

basis of record

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Melanitta americana (Swainson, 1832). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=366594

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Melanitta americana (Swainson, 1832). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/90e5f4dc-5055-4d8a-a264-6c35070aab91

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:366594
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96536

Last modified

2011-04-04 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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