Image to followAI-generated illustrationMelanitta nigra
Melanitta nigra
Family: AnatidaeGenus: Melanittanative in Germany
native in Germany
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Plants
visited
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Interactions
documented
About this species
A sea duck recorded in British waters.
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Prey / FoodPlant food
Yearly cycle
Breeds once per year, laying a single clutch of 8 eggs. Incubation lasts about 28 days and the young fledge after roughly 46 days.
Merkmale
Körper
Wingspan
22.11 cm
Weight
1052.2 g
Max. Lebensalter
17.916667 Jahre
Fortpflanzung
Wurfgröße / Gelege
8, 1× pro Jahr
Bebrütungsdauer
28.4 Tage
Ausflugalter
45.75 Tage
Geschlechtsreife
~2.2 Jahre
Ernährung & Verhalten
70% Wirbellose10% Samen10% Pflanzen10% vertebrates_fish
Scientific profile
An adult weighs about 1052 grams and has a wingspan of roughly 22 centimetres. Its diet consists largely of invertebrates, supplemented by seeds, other plant matter and small fish. The maximum recorded lifespan is nearly 18 years.
Visited plants
1 plants are visited by this species
Zostera marina
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
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