Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Zwarte Zee-Eend, Zwarte Zeeëend, Zwarte Zeeeend
Common Names in English:
American Scoter, Black Butterbill, Black Coot, Black Scoter, Black Sea Coot, Booby, Broad-Billed Coot, Brown Coot, Butter-Bill, Butter-Billed Coot, Butter-Nose, Common Or American Scoter, Common Scoter, Copper Bill, Copper-Nose, Fizzy, Gray Coot, Hollow-Billed Coot, Pumpkin-Blossum Coot, Scoter, Sea Coot, Smutty Coot, Yellow-Bill, Yellow-Nose
Common Names in French:
Macreuse à Bec Jaune *, Macreuse Noire
Common Names in German:
Amerikanische Trauerente, Trauerente
Common Names in Italian:
Orchetto Marino
Common Names in Japanese:
クロガモ
Common Names in Russian:
Синьга
Common Names in Spanish:
Negrón Americano, Negrón Común, Negreta Negra
Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -17 meters (-56 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Anseriformes
()
- Ducks, Geese
- Order:
Anseriformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Melanitta
There are approximately 14 species in this genus:
M. americana (Black Scoter) · M. deglandi · M. deglandi deglandi · M. deglandi dixoni · M. fusca (White-Winged Scoter) · M. fusca deglandi (White-Winged Scoter) · M. fusca dixoni (White-Winged Scoter) · M. fusca fusca (White-Winged Scoter) · M. fusca ssp · M. fusca stejnegeri (White-Winged Scoter) · M. nigra (Common Or American Scoter) · M. nigra americana (Black Scoter) · M. nigra nigra (Common Or American Scoter) · M. perspicillata (Blossum-Billed Coot)
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3854425
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175172
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13903603
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175172
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 406307
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 43.790 based on 4 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
