---
title: "Amerikaanse zee-eend"
description: "Melanitta americana — Vogels. The black scoter or American scoter (Melanitta americana) is a large sea duck, 43 to 49 cm (17 to 19 in) in length."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-scoter
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Amerikaanse zee-eend

> Melanitta americana — Vogels. The black scoter or American scoter (Melanitta americana) is a large sea duck, 43 to 49 cm (17 to 19 in) in length.

- Scientific name: *Melanitta americana*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 9862
- Wikidata: [Q529048](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529048)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144220](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144220)

## Names

- en: Black Scoter
- de: Pazifiktrauerente
- es: Negreta Pico Amarillo
- fr: Macreuse à bec jaune
- nl: Amerikaanse zee-eend
- pl: Markaczka amerykańska

## Countries with the most observations

US (6852), CA (1664), RU (211), JP (142), KR (58), FR (11), DK (10), CN (9), PL (8), MX (6), GB (4), KP (4)

## Summary

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, used in parts of its Canadian range, is macreuse noire (also meaning "black scoter"). The species is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_scoter

## Photo

![Amerikaanse zee-eend](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-scoter/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mirko Schoenitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19260632

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-scoter?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).