The red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) is a duck species that is native to much of the Northern Hemisphere. The red breast that gives the species...
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merganser that is now extinct. This duck was similar in size to the red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator). The adult male had a dark reddish-brown head...
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The hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is a species of fish-eating duck in the subfamily Anatinae. It is the only extant species in the genus Lophodytes...
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The Cornell lab of Ornithology - Cornell University Bird Guide - Red-breasted Merganser Ducks Unlimited - Wet-lands conversation Canvasback Family XXXIX...
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22 in) as an adult. Young Brazilian mergansers are mainly black with white throat and breast. The Brazilian mergansers are generally silent birds, but may...
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Latin for "goose". In 1843 John James Audubon used the name "Buff-breasted Merganser" in addition to "goosander" in his book The Birds of America. The...
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Journal of Experimental Biology. 201: 2061–2070. PMID 9622578. "Red-breasted Merganser | Speed of Animals". Peng, Ke-Mei; Feng, Yueping; Zhang, Gaoying;...
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chat Red-breasted coua Red-breasted flycatcher Red-breasted goose Red-breasted meadowlark Red-breasted merganser Red-breasted nuthatch Red-breasted paradise...
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The scaly-sided merganser or Chinese merganser (Mergus squamatus) is an endangered typical merganser (genus Mergus). It lives in Manchuria and extreme...
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List of birds of Kansas (section Yellow-breasted chat)
goldeneye, Bucephala islandica Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus Common merganser, Mergus merganser Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator Ruddy duck, Oxyura...
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northern latitudes. The fish-eating members of this group, such as the mergansers and smew, have serrated edges to their bills to help them grip their prey...
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kill a healthy drake red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator), with this duck estimated to weigh 1,100 g (2.4 lb), later the same red-tail was able to dispatch...
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the British Isles: Black grouse Red crossbill Goosander Siskin Redpoll Long-eared owl Osprey Red-breasted merganser Redwing Temminck's stint Wood sandpiper...
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velvet scoter, the eider duck, the wigeon, the long-tailed duck, the red-breasted merganser, the great northern diver and the Slavonian grebe. "Harris, Traigh...
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species also eat fish, molluscs, or aquatic arthropods. One group, the mergansers, are primarily piscivorous, and have serrated bills to help them catch...
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List of birds of Europe (section Yellow-breasted chat)
Pink-footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus Red-breasted goose, Branta ruficollis Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator Red-crested pochard, Netta rufina Redhead...
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Bufflehead - - U C 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 -...
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Mergellus albellus (A) Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus Common merganser, Mergus merganser Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator Ruddy duck, Oxyura...
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Canada goose – 4 pairs Mallard – 13 pairs Common eider – 417 pairs Red-breasted merganser – 1 pair* Oystercatcher – 17 pairs Ringed plover – 4 pairs Kittiwake...
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glacialis mallemuk Red-necked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus odinshane Red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator toppet skallesluger Red-throated diver Gavia...
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redhead, northern pintail, gadwall, ruddy duck, coots, common merganser and red-breasted merganser. Also hunted are black duck, wood duck, blue-winged teal...
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Neochen jubata (A) NT Pink-footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (C) LC Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator LC Redhead, Aythya americana LC Ring-necked duck...
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(common) Smew, Mergus albellus (common) Goosander, Mergus merganser (common) Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator (common) Common goldeneye, Bucephala...
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Canada goose, common loon, great blue heron, grey jay, herring gull, red-breasted merganser, and peregrine falcon. Amphibians present include blue-spotted salamander...
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Corinthian entablature. Each of the Memorial Hall's four sides contains two red-marble columns, each measuring 48 ft (15 m) tall and rising from a Botticino...
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Hooded merganser (serreta capuchona), Lophodytes cucullatus (A) Common merganser (serreta grande), Mergus merganser (A) Red-breasted merganser (serreta...
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White-tailed eagle, greylag goose, barnacle goose, black-throated diver, red-breasted merganser and gadwall are less common, and some of these latter are endangered...
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albellus (French: harle piette) Common merganser, Mergus merganser (French: harle bièvre) Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator (French: harle huppé)...
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Hooded merganser Common merganser Red-breasted merganser Ruddy duck Gray partridge Ring-necked pheasant Greater prairie chicken Northern bobwhite Red-throated...
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