#0960 · 🐦 birds

Black Scoter

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Zee-eend ·Melanitta americana

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Allison Zhang · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Bjoern Rost · CC BY 4.0
4. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © James D Barry (Delaware) · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Stuart Tingley · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Christian Artuso · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Neil DeMaster · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Mirko Schoenitz · CC0
10. © James D Barry (Delaware) · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The black scoter or American scoter ( Melanitta americana ) is a large sea duck, 43 to 49 cm (17 to 19 in) in length. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek melas "black" and netta "duck". The species name is from the Latin for "American ". Together with the common scoter M. nigra , it forms the subgenus Oidemia ; the two are sometimes considered conspecific, the black scoter then being referred to as M. nigra americana . Its French name,...

base stats

NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,960iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).