Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) - HBW 1, p. 625
French: Harle huppé
German: Mittelsäger
Spanish: Serreta Mediana
Taxonomy: Mergus Serrator Linnaeus, 1758, Europe.
Greenland population has been assigned separate subspecies, schioleri, but doubtfully valid. Monotypic.
Distribution: Most of N North America, S to Great Lakes; Greenland, Iceland and most of N Eurasia, S to Britain, NE China and N Japan.
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A male moulting? Locality Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 5 September 2009 2 years ago 8 sec 3 -
Several birds floating and sleeping on the water. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan
Josep del Hoyo 4 February 2010 2 years ago 24 sec 3 -
A group swimming. Locality North Brabant Province, Netherlands
Javier Ortas 3 February 2010 3 years ago 30 sec 3 -
An adult female swimming from left to right parallel to the camera. Locality Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 16 December 2008 4 years ago 39 sec 3 -
A female on the water, preening and bathing Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 4 years ago 31 sec 3 -
A female preening Locality Ribadeo, Lugo, Galicia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Javier Ortas 22 November 2007 5 years ago 25 sec 3
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A female swimming.
Locality Habomai Port, Nemuro Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 2.7 -
A female with pulli
Locality Miquelon Island, Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Monotypic species)
Georges Olioso 22 September 2011 48 weeks ago 2.5 -
off the east coast of Korea
Locality North Korea
Gerhard.Tauscher 14 March 2012 1 year ago 2.5 -
Flock of Red-breasted Mergansers feeding on a school of fish.
Locality Holiday, Pasco County, Florida, USA (United States)
killiajk 8 January 2011 2 years ago 2.4 -
off the east coast of Korea
Locality North Korea
Gerhard.Tauscher 14 March 2012 1 year ago 2.3 -
A pair in the see
Locality Godbout, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 20 June 2009 2 years ago 2.3
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Alarm calls of a female with young Locality Isle of Skye, Scotland, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 10 August 2002 3 years ago 3
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