---
title: "Zwarte zee-eend"
description: "Melanitta nigra — Vogels. The common scoter (Melanitta nigra) 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-scoter
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zwarte zee-eend

> Melanitta nigra — Vogels. The common scoter (Melanitta nigra) 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.

- Scientific name: *Melanitta nigra*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 3637
- Wikidata: [Q27434](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27434)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144221](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144221)

## Names

- en: Common Scoter
- de: Trauerente
- es: Negrón común
- fr: Macreuse noire
- nl: Zwarte zee-eend
- pt: Pato-preto
- pl: Markaczka

## Countries with the most observations

RU (722), GB (447), DE (290), DK (204), PT (177), FR (142), NL (134), NO (117), ES (106), PL (73), IS (72), SE (53)

## Summary

The common scoter (Melanitta nigra) 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 (M. americana) of North America and eastern Siberia was formerly considered to be a subspecies.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Aiken Lau · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/288957600

## Machine access

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