Common Scoter

Melanitta nigra - Macreuse noire

Macreuse noire
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Melanitta

  • Species
    :

    nigra

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 54 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 79 à 90 cm.
  • Weight
    : 1300 à 1500 g
Longevity

16 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Macreuse noire
♂ adult plum. breeding
Macreuse noire
♀

Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Macreuse noire,
  • Negrón común,
  • negrola-preta,
  • Trauerente,
  • fekete réce,
  • Zwarte Zee-eend,
  • Orchetto marino,
  • sjöorre,
  • Svartand,
  • turpan čierny,
  • turpan černý,
  • Sortand,
  • mustalintu,
  • ànec negre comú,
  • Hrafnsönd,
  • markaczka (zwyczajna),
  • melnā pīle,
  • črna raca,
  • Синьга,
  • ヨーロッパクロガモ,
  • 普通海番鸭,
  • 黑海番鴨〔普通海番鴨〕,

Voice song and call

Macreuse noire
♂ Second

Habitat

Macreuse noire
♂ adult plum. post breeding

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)

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Macreuse noire
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