Merganser

Merganser
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Duck - common name for wild and domestic waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and swans. It is hunted and bred for its meat, eggs, and feathers.

WHITE MERGANSER.--SMEW, OR WHITE NUN.
[Smew.]
MERGUS ALBELLUS, Linn.
[Mergellus albellus.] ...

Hooded Merganser
Scientific name: Lophodytes cucullatus
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes ...

Common Merganser
Mergus merganser Linnaeus
Status Common transient, uncommon in winter and summer. Breeds. It arrives on fresh water in numbers in late March or early April, when the ice breaks up.

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
A small fish-eating duck of wooded ponds, the hooded merganser nests in holes in trees. It is frequently seen on shallow
waters where its only waterfowl companion is the wood duck.

Common merganser Mergus merganser
Identification Tips:
Length: 18 inches Wingspan: 37 inches
Large, sleek diving duck
Long, pointed bill with serrated edges
Red bill is thick at base, tapering towards tip ...

Common Merganser Photos

Click on the thumbnail for high-resolution photos. Not particularly shy around here, but tough to approach, so this is the only good photograph I have right now.

Common Merganser
Female
Similar Species
Red-breasted Merganser male has shaggy crest, reddish dark chest, gray sides, and red eyes.

Common Merganser
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Common Merganser
Relatives in same Genus
Red-breasted Merganser (M. serrator) ...

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) is a local resident and widespread winter visitor in India.
Anseriformes
Apodiformes ...

The Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) is a large diving duck which breeds across much of Canada and parts of the northern and Rocky Mountain areas of the United States.

The Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) ranges widely throughout the northern hemisphere.

Mergansers have long, serrated bills. They dive to feed.
The Hooded Merganser sometimes breeds in Florida, nesting in a high tree cavity near water. It may use a nest box.

Mergansers can fly at speeds approaching 50 mph.
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Mergansers are also able to catch fish by direct underwater pursuit, remaining submerged for up to 2 minutes! They resurface to swallow their prey, turning it around so it is swallowed headfirst.

Scaly Merganser, Chinese Merganser, Scaly Goosander
Bird Family :
Anatini - Typical ducks ...

Mergus merganser
Common Merganser
These diving ducks have spike-like bills with saw-edged mandibles that are well adapted for feeding on a variety of fish species.

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
No photo of the Common Merganser available.

Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
The Hooded Merganser is a small duck that has a crest at the back of the head which can be expanded or contracted.

Hooded Merganser Ducklings
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Northwood Park
A Pair of Hooded Mergansers at the Look-Out 2.4 miles from South Entrance on Main Look Road LSNWR
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Hooded Mergansers are found in the forested areas of eastern North America, with the densest concentrations around the Great Lakes. Another population breeds in the forested Pacific Northwest. In between, they occur mainly as migrants, if at all.

Hooded Mergansers are highly sexually dimorphic. Both sexes have a bushy erectile crest of head feathers which forms the distinctive "hood". In breeding males this hood has a large central white patch boldly bordered in black.

Hooded mergansers nest 10 to 20 feet off the ground in hollow trees.
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The hooded merganser is a sexually dimorphic species, meaning males and females differ in appearance. The female has a brown body, with a white underside and a light brown crest extending from the back of the head.

Brazilian Merganser (Mergus octosetaceus)
The Brazilian Merganser is one of the rarest birds in South America and is classified as Critical by Birdlife International in "Threatened Birds of the World". There may be less than 200 birds left.

Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
This is one the most widespread sawbill ducks-ducks that have narrow beaks with serrated edges, like the teeth of a saw.

Hooded Merganser
(Lophodytes cucullatus)
Status: Winter Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2011
Breeding Status:-
1992 to 1996: Possible but not likely
2002 to 2006: Confirmed ...

RangeThe hooded merganser breeds from southern Alaska south to Oregon and Montana and from Manitoba and Nova Scotia, Canada south to Arkansas and northern Alabama.

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Goosandeer ( Mergus merganser )
Goosandeer - Goosandeer information - Goosandeer facts
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Broods do not combine as they do in other mergansers. Female performs distraction display. Very fast flyer.

Merganser, Common aka Goosander Mergus merganser Found: North America, Europe, Asia
Photographed by: 1) Mdf Cobourg, Ontario, Canada 2) Dick Daniels in Arizona 3) Dick at Sylvan Heights
4) Dick in Wyoming 5) Ted Grussing in Arizona ...

Merganser Ducks: Common Merganser ... Hooded Merganser
Masked Ducks
Mexican Ducks (Puddle Ducks) ...

Common Merganser - 1 near Plaice Cove
Eared Grebe - 1 continues from Seal Rocks
Great Cormorant - 1 at Exeter WWTP, plus about 50 along the coast ...

Common Merganser
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Hooded Merganser
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...

Common Merganser Mergus merganser. Rare in winter and rare to occasional in spring and fall in primarily the Tennessee Valley region. Found on freshwater lakes and rivers. Low Conservation Concern.

Chinese Merganser or Scaly-sided Merganser
Mergus squamatus
White-headed Duck ...

The Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) lives up to its name, in that it is probably the most common of the six or so merganser species in the world. They estimate that there about 1.

The Hooded Merganser is listed as Endangered in Kentucky. It is not very common throughout the remainder of the Southeast, but it s not listed as requiring any special conservation protection in any other state.
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Scaly-sided merganser (Mergus squamatus)
Oriental honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhyncus)
Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Common otter (Lutra lutra)
Binturong (Arctictis binturong)
Asian white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis) ...

Predators include mergansers, herons, kingfishers, mink, owls, osprey, otter, perch, eels, other trout, and man.
Fishing Facts ...

Unhatched eggs--Wood duck eggs look like small chicken eggs, hooded merganser eggs look like ping pong balls.
Down feathers, shell fragments, and papery-looking white membrane are signs of a successful hatch.

Many piscivorous birds, including egrets (Egretta spp.), herons (Ardea herodias, Butorides striatus, Nycticorax nycticorax), cormorants (Phalacrocorax spp.), terns (Sterna spp.), mergansers (Mergus spp.), grebes (Podiceps ssp., Podilymbus spp.

The fish eating ducks , the mergansers , with slender, serrated bills, which also prefer open water. The surface feeders take wing straight up, while the divers fly along the water's surface in taking off.

Other diving birds: Cormorants, mergansers, grebes, ducks
Loons carry their bills parallel to the water unlike cormorants whose hooked bills are held at an angle. Mergansers have a crest and a narrower bill compared to loons.

Unlike goldeneyes, buffleheads, and mergansers, which frequent calmer shorelines and customarily nap on the water, ...

All ducks, except the merganser, have bills lined with bony
notches for straining plant and animal matter from water.
Most ducks of northern continents are migratory. Most males
are bright colored with bold patterns.

A visit to the Chincoteague Fish and Wildlife Refuge, can reveal an array of waterfowl including pintail, gadwall, merganser, wigeon, mallards, green-winged teal, blue-winged teal, Canada and snow geese.

The Bikin river basin in south-east Russia supports the largest known populations of the Endangered Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus and Blakiston's Fish-owl Ketupa blakistoni.

Abstract: Adult Elegant Terns (Sterna elegans), Roseate Terns (S. dougallii), many gulls (Laridae), several pelicans (Pelecanus spp.), the Common Merganser (Mergus merganser), and ptarmigans (Lagopus spp.) disp..[more]..

Threats to Survival
: Predators of largemouth bass include herons, loons, mergansers, larger fish such as pike, walleye and muskellunge, and human anglers. Erosion may destroy habitat as they do not thrive in muddy water.

Please identify adult loons carefully-they can occasionally be confused with mergansers or cormorants!
Immature Loons: Fully covered with light and dark gray feathers. They are 2/3 adult size or larger.

Look closely in the ponds to see a variety of ducks, including buffleheads, canvasbacks, blue-winged teals, wood ducks and hooded mergansers.
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To be able to submerge easier, the diving ducks are heavier for size than dabbling ducks, and therefore have more difficulty taking off to fly. A few specialized species (the goosander and the mergansers) are adapted to catch large fish.

genus, four species); Cairini (perching ducks and allies: nine genera, 13 species); Merganettini (Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata)); Anatini (dabbling ducks: four genera, 40 species); Aythyini (pochards: two genera, 15 species); Mergini (mergansers ...

See also: Duck, Hooded merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Goose, Mallard