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
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)
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes