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Melanitta nigra (common scoter)
Taxonomy
Anas nigra was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1. It is the type species of Oidemia.
It was recombined as Oidemia nigra by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Melanitta nigra by Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Oidemia nigra by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Melanitta nigra by Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Anas nigra Linnaeus |
| 1930 | Oidemia nigra Hay p. 308 |
| 2001 | Melanitta nigra Olson and Rasmussen p. 289 |
| 2017 | Melanitta nigra Clements et al. |
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Melanitta nigra Linnaeus 1758 [common scoter]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available