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

Melanitta fusca (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 fusca*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Bulgarian: Кадифена потапница sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Dutch: grote zee-eend sources: Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: velvet scoter; white-winged scoter sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Velvet Scoter sources: Charles Hussey

French: macreuse brune sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

German: Samtente sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Greek: Βελουδόπαπια sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): קטיפנית שחומה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: orco marino sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: sjøorre sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 123

Norwegian Nynorsk: sjøorre sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 123

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turkish: kadife ordek; kadife ördek sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Турпан sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: môr-hwyaden y Gogledd

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
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
additional source	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Melanitta fusca (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:137072

Drs Cees Roselaar. Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96538