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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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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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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merganser (Mergus serrator) †New Zealand merganser (Mergus australis) Common merganser or goosander (Mergus merganser) Brazilian merganser (Mergus octosetaceus)...
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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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