Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Smew (Mergus albellus) - HBW 1, p. 625
French: Harle piette
German: Zwergsäger
Spanish: Serreta Chica
Taxonomy: Mergus Albellus Linnaeus, 1758, Europe.
Often placed in monospecific genus Mergellus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Sweden eastwards to E Siberia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female preening Locality Moore Nature Reserve, Warrington, Cheshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 27 February 2013 7 weeks ago 47 sec 4.3 -
A male showing signs of incomplete moult from eclipse plumage Locality West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 5 December 2012 15 weeks ago 1 min 6 sec 4 -
A group of birds eating fish Locality Kamperhoek Nature Reserve, Flevoland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 14 February 2012 1 year ago 1 min 21 sec 4 -
swimming around,male and female Locality Kamperhoek Nature Reserve, Flevoland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 14 February 2012 1 year ago 2 min 17 sec 4 -
Two males in breeding plumage swimming Locality Sandy, Bedfordshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 November 2007 4 years ago 44 sec 4 -
A female and two males in breeding plumage swimming together Locality Sandy, Bedfordshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 November 2007 4 years ago 35 sec 3.8
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Female
Locality De Biesbosch National Park, Netherlands
Paul Cools 13 January 2011 29 weeks ago 4 -
A resting female
Locality Vogelpark Marlow, Marlow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Rainer Mönke 8 July 2007 3 years ago 4 -
Adult male in a breeding plumage.
Locality Arundel, West Sussex, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 17 April 2010 23 weeks ago 3.8 -
Serreta chica hembra (Mergus albellus) nadando en la Reserva Cañada de los Pájaros
Locality Cañada de los Pájaros Reserve, La Puebla del Río, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain
Miguel Ángel Cuéllar Carr... 28 October 2012 18 weeks ago 3.7 -
A swimming male
Locality Schwerin Zoological Garden, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Rainer Mönke 13 May 2011 2 years ago 3.5 -
A male swimming
Locality Hornborga Lake, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Hans Petter Kristoffersen 2 April 2012 1 year ago 3.4
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Grunting calls of drakes and quaking of ducks Locality Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park, Fakenham, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 2 May 2001 4 years ago 4
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