Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Melanitta [fusca, deglandi or stejnegeri] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аЛҩач
Arabic: بط اسقطور مخملي
Asturian: Coríu Pintu, Zapateru especuláu
Azerbaijani: Adi qılquyruq, Qılquyruq ördək
Bashkir: ҡара өйрәк, ҡарасабан, торпан
Belarusian: Нырок-свiрок, Нырок-свірок
Bulgarian: Кадифена потапница, Кадифена потапница (ssp. fusca)
Breton: An duanenn bras, Duanenn vras
Catalan: Ànec fosc, Ànec fosc eurasiàtic, Ánnera fosca, Morell de mar fosc
Catalan (Balears): Ánnera fosca
Valencian: Morell de mar fosc
Montenegrin: baršunasti turpan, баршунасти турпан
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): баршунасти турпан
Czech: dř. kachna hnědá, Kachna hnědá, Turpan hnedý, Turpan hnědý, turpan hnědý evropský
Chuvash: тĕксĕм кăвакал, турпан
Welsh: Hwyad felfedog, Hwyaden felfedog, Môr-hwyaden y gogledd
Danish: Fløjlsand, Fløjlsand (fusca)
German: Samtente, Samtente (fusca)
Greek: Βελoυδόπαπια, Βελουδόπαπια
English: Asiatic White-winged Scoter, Eurasian White-winged Scoter, Velvet Scoter, White-winged Scoter, White-winged Scoter (Velvet)
English (United Kingdom): Velvet Scoter, Velvet/White-winged Scoter
English, HBW: Velvet Scoter
English (IOC): Velvet Scoter
English (United States): Velvet Scoter
Esperanto: Blankaspegula maranaso, Blankspegula maranaso , Blankspekula maranaso
Spanish: Negreta Alas Blancas (fusca), Negrón Común, Negrón Especulado
Spanish (Spain): Negrón Especulado, Negrón Especulado (fusca)
Spanish (HBW): Negrón especulado
Spanish (Mexico): negreta alablanca, Negreta Alas Blancas (fusca), Negreta Alas Blancas Euroasiática
Estonian: Tõmmuvaeras
Basque: Ahatebeltz hegalzuri europarra, Ahatebeltz hegazuri, Ahatebeltz hegazuria, Ahatebetz hegazuri, Ànec fosc
Evenki: nopokéli, аӈир, по̄да̄, по̄да̄гэ̄
Persian: اسکوتر بال‌سفید, اسکوتر (اردک سیاه) بال‌سفید, سیاه‌ اردک مخملی, سیاه‌اردک مخملی
Finnish: Pilkkasiipi, pilkkasiipi (alalaji fusca)
Faroese: Spegilsont, Spegils-ont
French: Macreuse à ailes blanches, Macreuse brune, Macreuse brune (fusca), Macreuse brune (nominal)
French (Canada): Macreuse brune d'Eurasie
Frisian: Grutte see-ein
Irish: Sceadach, Scótar veilbhite
Gaelic: Lach Dhubh, Lach-dhubh
Galician: Ànec fosc, Mourelo fusco, Pentumeiro de á branca, Pentumeiro de ala branca
Manx: Laagh ghoo
Hebrew: קטיפנית שחומה
Croatian: Patka kulašica, Patka kulašica (subsp. fusca)
Hungarian: Füstös réce, Füstös réce (füstös)
Armenian: [Turpan ], Տուրպան
Icelandic: Korpönd, Korpönd (fusca)
Italian: Orco marino, Orco marino europeo
Japanese (romaji): birōdo kin-kuro, biro-dokinkuro, Biroodo-kinkuro, Biroudo-kinkuro, yo-roppabiro-dokinkuro (fusca)
Japanese: ビロードキンクロ, ヨーロッパビロードキンクロ, ヨーロッパビロードキンクロ (fusca)
Japanese (Kanji): 天鵞絨金黒
Georgian: თეთრფრთიანი გარიელა, ტურპანი
Khakas: Хара öртек
Kazakh: Кәдімгі тұрпан, кәдуілгі үйрек
Kazakh (Transliteration): kädimgi turpan
Korean: 검둥오리사촌, 노랑부리검둥오리사촌
Korean (Transliteration): geomdung-ori-sachon
North Karelian: täpläšiipi
Cornish: Mor-hos paly
Kirghiz: кадимки турпан, турпан
Scientific: Anas fusca, Melanitta deglandi, Melanitta deglandi deglandi, Melanitta fusca, Melanitta fusca fusca, Oedemia deglandi, Oidemia fusca
Luxembourgish: Brong Mierint
Lithuanian: Nuodegule, Nuodėgulė, Paprastoji nuodegulė, paprastoji nuodėgulė
Latvian: (tumšā pīle), Baltspoguļa tumšpīle, Tumšā pīle, Tumšā pīle (fusca), Velna pīle
Macedonian: белокрила црнка
Mongolian: Дөрт нугас, Тольт монхдой, Хар монхдой
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠲᠣᠯᠡᠲᠣ ᠮᠣᠩᠬᠳᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠪᠣᠢᠢᠯᠠᠲᠣ ᠨᠣᠭᠣᠰᠣ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Буйлт нугас, Хар дөрт нугас
Mongolian (Transliteration): built nugas, dört nug as, khar dört nug as, tol't moŋkhdoi
Moldavian: Rață catifelată
Dutch: Grote Zee-eend, Grote zeeëend, Grote Zee-eend (fusca), Grote Zeeend, Grote Zeeüend
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sjøorre
Norwegian: Heiand, Sjøorre, sjøorre (fusca)
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): pienitelkky
Polish: uhla, uhla (ssp. fusca), uhla (zwyczajna), Uhla zwycajna, uhla zwyczajna
Pinyin: bān liǎn hǎi-fān-yā, hǎi-fān yā, qí-zuǐ yā
Portuguese: Negrola-d'asa-branca, pato fusco, Pato-fusco
Portuguese (Portugal): Negrola-d'asa-branca, Negrola-d'asa-branca (fusca)
Romansh: Anda da vali
Rhaeto-Romance: Anda da vali
Romanian: Rață catifelată, Raţă catifelată
Russian: Горбоносый турпан, Обыкновенный турпан, Турпан, Турпан (подвид fusca), Турпан обыкновенный
Yakut: анды, андылар, андыта
Scots: Lach dhub
Northern Sami: Skoarra
Slovak: Turpan tmavý
Slovenian: beloliska
Albanian: Rosa e zezë krahëbardhë
Serbian: baršunasti turpan, Баршунасти турпан
Swedish: Svärta
Turkmen: uly gara ördek
Turkish: Kadife ördek, Kadife Ördek (fusca), Кәдімгі тұрпан
Tatar: гади турпан
Udmurt: вутур
Ukrainian: Турпан , Турпан (підвид fusca), Турпан білокрилий
Uzbek: турпан
Kalmyk: әңгер, әңгр, әңгрлг нуһсн , турпан
Chinese: [ban lian hai-fan-ya], [qí-zui ya], 丝绒海番鸭, 奇嘴鸭, 斑脸海帆鸭, 斑脸海番鸭, 斑脸海番鸭（欧洲）, 斑臉海番鴨, 海番鸭
Chinese (Traditional): 奇嘴鴨, 斑臉海番鴨, 海番鴨