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The adult red-breasted merganser is 51–64 cm (20–25 in) long, has a wingspan of 66–74 cm (26–29 in), and weighs 800–1,350 g (28–48 oz). [6] It has a spiky crest and long thin red bill with serrated edges. The male has a dark head with a green sheen, a white neck with a rusty breast, a black back, and white underparts.
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 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]
Red-breasted merganser: Mergus serrator: Anatidae [17] 130 km/h 81 mph High–aspect ratio wings Canvasback: Aythya valisineria: Anatidae [18] 128 km/h 80 mph High-speed wings Common eider: Somateria mollissima: Anatidae [19] 123 km/h 76 mph High-speed wings Eurasian teal: Anas crecca: Anatidae: 97 km/h 60 mph High–aspect ratio wings Anna's ...
Common goldeneye - - U F Hooded merganser - - U F Common merganser: U U U U Red-breasted merganser: F - U F Ruddy duck: F U F C Osprey: U - U - White-tailed kite: U U F F Northern harrier - - U U Sharp-shinned hawk: F U F F Cooper's hawk: F U F F Red-shouldered hawk: U U F F Red-tailed hawk: C F C C Ferruginous hawk - - - U Golden eagle: U U U ...
Common merganser, Mergus merganser; Red-breasted merganser, ... They mainly occur as breeding species, as the common name implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser ...
The scaly-sided merganser or Chinese merganser (Mergus squamatus) is an endangered typical merganser (genus Mergus). It lives in Manchuria and extreme Southeast Siberia , breeding in the north and wintering in the south.
Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) Barrow's goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) Mergellus Selby, 1840: Smew (Mergellus albellus) Lophodytes Reichenbach, 1853: Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) Mergus Linnaeus, 1758: Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) †New Zealand merganser (Mergus australis)