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The fastest duck ever recorded was a red-breasted merganser that attained a top airspeed of 100 mph (160 km/h) while being pursued by an airplane. This eclipsed the previous speed record held by a canvasback clocked at 72 mph (116 km/h). [11]
The common merganser (Mergus merganser) and red-breasted merganser (M. serrator) have broad ranges in the northern hemisphere. The Brazilian merganser (M. octosetaceus) is a South American duck, and one of the six most threatened waterfowl in the world, with possibly fewer than 250 birds in the
The black-capped chickadee is the state bird of Massachusetts. This list of birds of Massachusetts includes species documented in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and accepted by the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC). As of July 2023, there are 516 species included in the official list. Of them, 194 are on the review list (see below), six have been introduced to North America, three ...
The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird, and merganser is derived from mergus and anser, Latin for "goose". [3] In 1843 John James Audubon used the name "Buff-breasted Merganser" in addition to "goosander" in his book The Birds of America. [4]
Common merganser (storskrake), Mergus merganser; Red-breasted merganser (småskrake), Mergus serrator; ... They are the size of a large duck or small goose, which ...
Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis (A) Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola; Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula; Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus; Common merganser, Mergus merganser (A) Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator; Masked duck, Nomonyx dominicus (A) Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis
The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. ... Common merganser, Mergus merganser; Red-breasted merganser, Mergus ...
Mergus is a genus of ducks in the seaduck subfamily Merginae, family Anatidae ... Red-breasted merganser; S. Scaly-sided merganser This page was ...