Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Anseriformes > Family Anatidae > Genus Melanitta

Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Anas Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melanitta*	Boie, 1822	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas perspicillata*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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)

English-United States: Surf Scoter sources: Charles Hussey

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: brilleand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 125

Norwegian Nynorsk: brilleand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 125

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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	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.
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	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (91 publications)
GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159095

Drs Cees Roselaar. Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96537