Mergellus is a genus of duck. The smew (Mergellus albellus) is the only living species, but an extinct species known as Mergellus mochanovi has also been...
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Smew (redirect from Mergellus albellus)
The smew (Mergellus albellus) is a species of duck and is the only living member of the genus Mergellus. Mergellus is a diminutive of Mergus and albellus...
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islandica) Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) Genus Mergellus (sometimes included in Mergus) Smew (Mergellus albellus) Genus Lophodytes (sometimes included...
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genus but is closely related. The other "aberrant" merganser, the smew (Mergellus albellus), is phylogenetically closer to goldeneyes (Bucephala). Although...
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Polysticta Somateria Histrionicus †Camptorhynchus Melanitta Clangula Bucephala Mergellus? Lophodytes? Mergus? On the other hand, the following genera, usually...
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Clangula, long-tailed duck (1 species) Bucephala, goldeneyes (3 species) Mergellus, smew Lophodytes, hooded merganser Mergus, mergansers (4 living species...
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in general. The scientific name Gavia was the Latin term for the smew (Mergellus albellus). This small sea-duck is quite unrelated to loons and just happens...
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†Camptorhynchus †Chendytes Clangula Histrionicus Lophodytes Melanitta Mergellus Mergus Polysticta †Shiriyanetta Somateria Anatini Anas Mareca †Matanas...
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Genus Melanitta Boie 1822 (scoters) Genus Bucephala Baird 1858 Genus Mergellus Selby 1840 (Smew) Genus Lophodytes (Linnaeus 1758) Reichenbach 1853 (hooded...
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