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 perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melanitta*	Boie, 1822	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas perspicillata*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: brilzee-eend

English: surf scoter sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: macreuse à front blanc sources: 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.

German: Brillenente sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: アラナミキンクロ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turkish: sörfçü kara ördek sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: môr-hwyaden yr ewyn

Literature

basis of record	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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
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	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: 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.