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Genus: Mergus (4 species)

Mergus is a genus of fish-eating diving ducks that are often found in salt water


Common Merganser (Mergus merganser americanus) Male Range: NA, PAL: 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 Grea Lake Sammamish State Park, Issaquah, Washington State, United States
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Common Merganser (Mergus merganser americanus) Female Range: NA, PAL: 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 Grea Lake Sammamish State Park, Issaquah, Washington State, United States
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Brazilian Merganser (Mergus octosetaceus) Critically Endangered Range: SA: sc Brazil, e Paraguay and ne Argentina Serra da Canastra National Park, Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) Male Range: NA, PAL: s Greenland, Iceland, n British Isles, Scandinavia to Sakhalin and Kamchatka pens., and Kuril and Commander is. (se Russia), s through n Kazakhstan and ne China; w Alaska mainland through mainland Canada from Arctic to n Great Lakes and e to Nova Scotia Browns Point Marina, Keyport, New Jersey, USA
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Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) Female Endangered Range: PAL: e Siberia, Korean Pen. and ne China Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA
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