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 fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melanitta*	Boie, 1822	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas fusca*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bulgarian: Кадифена потапница sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: fløjlsand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grote zee-eend sources: Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: velvet scoter; white-winged scoter sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: macreuse brune sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

German: Samtente sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Greek: Βελουδόπαπια sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: קטיפנית שחומה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: orco marino sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ビロードキンクロ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: nuodėgulė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: sjøorre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: sjøorre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: sjøorre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: uhla sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: турпан sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: beloliska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: negrón especulado sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: svärta sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kadife ordek; kadife ördek sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Турпан sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: môr-hwyaden y Gogledd

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).