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

Melanitta Boie, 1822

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Melanitta americana (Swainson, 1832)
Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte, 1850)
Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ビロードキンクロ属

Literature

original description	Boie, S. (1822). Ornithologische Beyträge. Isis von Oken. 3: 768-781; 871-886.
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	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.