Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Melanitta nigra

Black Scoter

WoRMS 137073ITIS 175171key itis:175171

2026-08-05: worms_id 137073 via WoRMS TSN crosswalk (status accepted)

Silhouette · Gabriela Palomo-Munoz · CC BY-NC 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Melanitta nigra

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon.

Photograph of Melanitta nigra — Photo · Griha Hasanov · CC BY 4.0 · inat

The common scoter is a large sea duck, 43–54 cm (17–21 in) in length, which breeds over the far north of Europe and the Palearctic east to the Olenyok River. The black scoter of North America and eastern Siberia was formerly considered to be a subspecies.W CalCOFI holds 7 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1990 and 2003.R

7
observations: 7
records: 7
sampling events: 1990–2003
years: 1
datasets

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Seabirds & Marine Mammals 7 obs · 7 events · 1990–2003
name used: Melanitta americana Black Scoter · code BLSC synonym

Groups

calcofi:seabirds

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Seabirds & Marine Mammals table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/farallon_bird-mammal.html?&taxon_key=%22itis:175171%22

Melanitta nigra

Groups

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.