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The common merganser (North American) or goosander (Eurasian) (Mergus merganser) is a large sea duck of rivers and lakes in forested areas of Europe, Asia, and North America. The common merganser eats mainly fish.
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 wild. The scaly-sided merganser or "Chinese merganser" (M. squamatus) is an endangered species. It lives in temperate East Asia, breeding in the north and wintering in the south.
Mergus serrator Linnaeus 1758 (red-brested merganser) LC; Mergus squamatus Gould 1864 (scaly-sided merganser) EN C2a(ii) Mergus merganser Linnaeus 1758 (goosander) LC. M. m. americanus Cassin 1852 (American goosander) M. m. merganser Linnaeus 1758 (Eurasian goosander) M. m. orientalis Gould 1845 (Oriental goosander) Tribe Cairinini von ...
Eurasian hobby: Falco subbuteo: Falconidae [14] 159 km/h 99 mph Can sometimes outfly the swift as it eats them and catches them on the wing. Frigatebird: Fregata: Fregatidae [15] 153 km/h 95 mph Slow gliding/soaring high aspect ratio Spur-winged goose: Plectropterus: Anatidae [16] 143 km/h 89 mph High-speed wings Red-breasted merganser: Mergus ...
These small to medium-sized songbirds have soft fluffy plumage but are otherwise rather diverse. Members of the genus Illadopsis are found in forests, but some other genera are birds of scrublands. White-hooded babbler, Gampsorhynchus rufulus; Rufous-winged fulvetta, Schoeniparus castaneceps; Rufous-vented grass babbler, Laticilla burnesii
Scaly-sided merganser This page was last edited on 3 September 2023, at 19:22 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
It needs trees for breeding. The smew lives on fish-rich lakes and slow rivers. As a migrant, it leaves its breeding areas and winters on sheltered coasts or inland lakes of the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, northern Germany and the Low Countries, with a small number reaching Great Britain (for example, at Dungeness), mostly at regular sites ...
The hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is a species of fish-eating duck in the subfamily Anatinae.It is the only extant species in the genus Lophodytes.The genus name derives from the Greek language: lophos meaning 'crest', and dutes meaning 'diver'.