Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Aves: order
Anseriformes: family
Anatidae: genus
Mergus: species
Mergus merganser

Mergus merganser Linnaeus 1758

Mergus merganser [spec. nov.]

M. crista dependente, capite nigro-caerulescente, collari albo. It. gottl. 166. ael. 49. Fn. svec. 113.

Merganser. Gesn. av. 134. Aldr. orn. l. 19. c. 63. Will. orn. 253. t. 64. Raj. av. 134. Mars. danub. 78. t. 37.

Mergus major, pectore rubro. Alb. av. 1. p. 83. t. 87. & 2. p. 90. t. 101. Edw. av. 95. t. 95.

Habitat in Europa.

Distribution

Breeding regions are NA, PAL. Breeding subregions are Iceland, n, c Europe, subarctic Russia through ne Kazakhstan and ne Afghanistan through Tibet and w China, n Mongolia to Kamchatka, Hokkaido (n Japan) and ne China; sw Alaska mainland through subarctic Canada to Newfoundland, s through w USA and to n Great Lakes.

Name

Synonyms: Mergus castor
Homonyms: Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758
Common names: Common Merganser in English; Common Merganser in English; Common Merganser in English; Common Merganser in English; Common Merganser in English; Common Merganser in English; Common Merganser in English; Common Merganser in English; Common/Red-breasted Merganser in English; Common/Red-breasted Merganser in English; Goosander in English; Goosander in English; Grand Harle in French; Grote Zaagbek in Dutch; Grote Zaagbek in Dutch; Grousse Seeër in Luxembourgish; Gänsesäger in German; Gänsesäger in German; Gänsesäger in German; Gänsesäger in German; Harle bièvre in French; Isokoskelo in Finnish; Laksand in Norwegian; Liela gaura in Latvian; Merganso-grande in Portuguese; Mergo mayor in Spanish; Mergo mayor in Spanish; Mergo mayor in Spanish; Nagy bukó in Hungarian; Serreta Grande in Spanish; Serreta grande in Spanish; Smergo maggiore in Italian; Smergo maggiore in Italian; Stor Skallesluger in Danish; Stor skallesluger in Danish; Storskrake in Swedish; bec de serra gros in Catalan–Valencian; common merganser in English; didysis dančiasnapis in Lithuanian; goosander in English; goosander in English; grand harle in French; grand harle in French; grand harle in French; grote zaagbek in Dutch; harle bièvre in French; isokoskelo in Finnish; jääkoskel in Estonian; lielā gaura in Latvian; merganso-grande in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

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