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Common Scoter
Melanitta nigra · Family Anatidae
Melanitta nigra
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 957,531
- Countries and territories with records
- 65
About this species
This species has 957,531 occurrence records from 65 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (31.9%), Denmark (20.4%), Norway (16.9%), the United Kingdom (7.7%) and the Netherlands (6.4%); together they account for 83.2% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.3% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Melanitta nigra combines the genus name Melanitta with the species epithet nigra. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Melanitta; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Melanitta perspicillata, Melanitta deglandi and Melanitta fusca.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 44th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 75.4% of the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.