Red-breasted Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator The Red-breasted Merganser is found in North America, ...

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Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Linnaeus Status Common transient, fairly common in summer and winter. Breeds. This is one of the most common ducks of our coastal waters and estuaries in autumn, winter and spring.

RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. [Red-breasted Merganser.] MERGUS SERRATOR, Linn. [Mergus serrator.] ...

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The Red-breasted Merganser is a medium-sized 'saw-bill' duck with a wide distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, breeding up to 75°N.

Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator. Common in winter, uncommon in spring and fall, and occasional in summer in Gulf Coast region. In Tennessee Valley region, fairly common in winter and fall, uncommon in spring, and occasional in summer.

Red-breasted Merganser Summer Sighting Information: rare Nest on or near Refuge? no Northern Mockingbird Summer Sighting Information: uncommon Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...

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While Red-breasted Mergansers winter here in coastal waters, the Common Merganser is more at home on lakes and large streams.

The two species most similar to the Hooded Merganser are the Common Merganser and the Red-breasted Merganser. The males of both of these species lack the Hooded Merganser's black head with large white patch.

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The Hooded Merganser sometimes breeds in Florida, nesting in a high tree cavity near water. It may use a nest box. The more common Red-breasted Merganser is usually found in coastal areas but has also established in scattered inland areas.

Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola (A) Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus (A) Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator (A) Masked Duck, Nomonyx dominica Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis ...

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They include the goosander and the smaller red-breasted merganser, both circumpolar in distribution, and the North American hooded merganser, similar to the Old World smew.

See also: Merganser, Duck, Scoter, Goldeneye, Common Goldeneye