Melanitta (Noun)
Meaning
Scoters.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Melanitta nigra is a large dark scoter with a black body and a distinctive orange and yellow beak.
- The Melanitta perspicillata is the only scoter species in which the male has a yellow at the base of its bill.
- Melanitta americana is a medium-sized seaduck with a black head and breast feathers along with a black bill that has a red base.
- Some taxonomists recognize Melanitta deglandi as a full species rather than a hybrid between the Black Scoter and Common Scoter.
- Melanitta fusca is a medium-sized seaduck that has a more bulky head and an orange-red bill with a black base.