Red-breasted Merganser

The Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.

Range: breeds southern Greenland, Iceland, northern British Isles, and Scandinavia to Sakhalin and Kamchatka peninsulas, and Kuril and Commander islands (southeastern Russia), in south through northern Kazakhstan and northeastern China; western Alaska mainland through mainland Canada from Arctic to northern Great Lakes and eastward to Nova Scotia; winters to coasts of southern Europe, Black and Caspian seas; Japan, Korean Peninsula, and eastern China; to west-central Mexico, Gulf Coast, and FloridaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name

Mergus serrator

Family

Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese)

Order

Anseriformes

IUCN Red List

LCLeast Concern

English (US)

Red-breasted Merganser

Described by

Linnaeus, C, 1758