Classification
Biota [regio]Animalia [regnum]
Chordata [phylum]
Aves [classis]
Anseriformes [ordo]
Anatidae [familia]
Melanitta [genus]
Genus Melanitta contains the following taxa:
Melanitta americana (Swainson, 1832) [species]
Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) [species]
Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) [species]