Mergus ducks are also classified as "diving ducks" because they submerge completely in looking for food. In other traits, however, the genera Mergus,...
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Common merganser (redirect from Mergus merganser)
The common merganser (North American) or goosander (Eurasian) (Mergus merganser) is a large sea duck of rivers and lakes in forested areas of Europe, Asia...
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Red-breasted merganser (redirect from Mergus serrator)
of his Systema Naturae under the current binomial name Mergus serrator. The genus name Mergus is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to...
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Smew (redirect from Mergus albellus)
Mergellus is a diminutive of Mergus and albellus is from Latin albus "white". This genus is closely related to Mergus and is sometimes included in it...
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Scaly-sided merganser (redirect from Mergus squamatus)
scaly-sided merganser or Chinese merganser (Mergus squamatus) is an endangered typical merganser (genus Mergus). It lives in Manchuria and extreme Southeast...
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Auckland Island merganser (redirect from Mergus australis)
The Auckland Island merganser (Mergus australis) (Māori: Miuweka), also known as the New Zealand merganser, was a typical merganser that is now extinct...
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Brazilian merganser (redirect from Mergus octosetaceus)
The Brazilian merganser (Mergus octosetaceus) is a South American diving duck in the Mergus genus. It is one of the most threatened waterfowl species in...
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Hooded merganser (redirect from Mergus cucullatus)
Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Mergus cucullatus. Linnaeus based his account on the "round-crested duck" that...
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merganser (Mergus serrator) †New Zealand merganser (Mergus australis) Common merganser or goosander (Mergus merganser) Brazilian merganser (Mergus octosetaceus)...
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Station, Texas. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chicoreus mergus. "Chicoreus (Triplex) mergus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011. v t e...
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Bucephala, goldeneyes (3 species) Mergellus, smew Lophodytes, hooded merganser Mergus, mergansers (4 living species, 1 extinct). Tribe: Oxyurini, stiff-tail ducks...
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Chatham Island merganser (redirect from Mergus milleneri)
Mergus species. Fossil records indicate it was widespread on Chatham Island but not on the smaller nearby islands. Auckland Island merganser "Mergus milleneri...
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†Camptorhynchus †Chendytes Clangula Histrionicus Lophodytes Melanitta Mergellus Mergus Polysticta †Shiriyanetta Somateria Anatini Anas Mareca †Matanas Sibirionetta...
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Allen-Gale Nina Bergman Cinematography Alexander Krumov Edited by Peter Mergus Music by Frederik Wiedmann Production companies Universal 1440 Entertainment...
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Janet, ed. (2005). Ducks, Geese and Swans: Species Accounts (Cairina to Mergus). Bird Families of the World. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861009-0...
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only in the 18th century. Earlier naturalists referred to the loons as mergus (the Latin term for diving seabirds of all sorts) or colymbus, which became...
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Histrionicus †Camptorhynchus Melanitta Clangula Bucephala Mergellus? Lophodytes? Mergus? On the other hand, the following genera, usually considered to belong into...
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Jeremy Sisto Ian Somerhalder Cinematography Gerry Lively Edited by Peter Mergus Harvey Rosenstock Music by Steven Bramson Distributed by Artisan Entertainment...
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Plectropterus Anatidae 143 km/h 89 mph High-speed wings Red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator Anatidae 130 km/h 81 mph High–aspect ratio wings Canvasback Aythya...
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Genus Lophodytes (Linnaeus 1758) Reichenbach 1853 (hooded merganser) Genus Mergus Linnaeus 1758 non Brisson 1760 Tribe Anatini Vigors 1825 sensu Livezey 1996...
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†Camptorhynchus †Chendytes Clangula Histrionicus Lophodytes Melanitta Mergellus Mergus Polysticta †Shiriyanetta Somateria Anatini Anas Mareca †Matanas Sibirionetta...
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Joint Aquarium Care of Invertebrates and Tropical Marine Fishes. Vol. 3. Mergus. p. 798. ISBN 9783882440553. "Ecology Summary - Sepia officinalis". sealifebase...
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the form of a diving bird. The exact identity of the bird, referred to as mergus (later taken as the genus name for merganser ducks) is now unknown, though...
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duck (Aix galericulata), black stork (Ciconia nigra), scaly goosander (Mergus squamatus), chestnut-cheeked starling (Sturnia philippensis), black griffon...
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red-tailed hawk failed to kill a healthy drake red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator), with this duck estimated to weigh 1,100 g (2.4 lb), later the...
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literature even before this and was described by Charles d'Ecluse in 1605 as Mergus Americanus. This also included a woodcut which represents the oldest unambiguous...
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Baensch, H.A.; Riehl, R. (1991). (in German) Aquarien atlas. Bd. 3. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 1104 p. Olaosebikan, B.D.;...
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†Camptorhynchus †Chendytes Clangula Histrionicus Lophodytes Melanitta Mergellus Mergus Polysticta †Shiriyanetta Somateria Anatini Anas Mareca †Matanas Sibirionetta...
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†Camptorhynchus †Chendytes Clangula Histrionicus Lophodytes Melanitta Mergellus Mergus Polysticta †Shiriyanetta Somateria Anatini Anas Mareca †Matanas Sibirionetta...
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