Melanitta nigra
Category: Arctic & Alpine Birds
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Melanitta
Where to Find
Found in 9 mountain areas across 7 countries and 6 regions.
- Gifu Prefecture, Japan - 1 records
- Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan - 1 records
- Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan - 11 records
- Krasnodar Krai, Russia - 1 records
- Nordland, Norway - 2 records
- Maule Region, Chile - 1 records
- Lower Austria, Austria - 1 records
- Baden-Württemberg, Germany - 2 records
- Van, Turkey - 11 records