Mergus serrator

Red-breasted Merganser

Flickr photo '2 Red-breasted Merganser' by: stonebird.

Flickr photo 'Red-breasted Mergansers. Mergus serrator' by: gailhampshire.

Flickr photo 'Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)' by: Mary Keim.

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Species group: Birds

Found in: Salish Sea-reliant birds, Salish Sea-reliant birds, Terrestrial vertebrates: birds

Data Sources

Classification

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Craniata

Class:

Aves

Order:

Anseriformes

Family:

Anatidae

Genus:

Mergus

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Source:
ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.105357

Classification

Other Global Common Names:

Mergo Copetón - harle huppé

Synonyms:

Taxonomy:

Informal Taxonomy:

Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Waterfowl

Formal Taxonomy:

Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae - Mergus

Ecology and Life History

Short General Description:

Description:

Habitat Type Description:

Migration:

false - true - true - Migrates north mostly March-May; arrives in northernmost breeding areas late May-early June. Southward migration mostly September-December. Some coastal breeding populations may stay in area all year? (Palmer 1976).

Non-migrant:

false

Locally Migrant:

true

Food Comments:

Eats mostly fishes plus some crustaceans; insects are important to young (Palmer 1976). Dives underwater to forage.

Phenologies:

Reproduction Comments:

Clutch size: 6-16 (often 8-10); incubation: 29-35 days, by female; young first fly at estimated age of 59 days; first breeds at almost 2 years (Terres 1980, Palmer 1976).

Ecology Comments:

Length:

Unit of Length:

Weight:

1135

Unit of Weight:

grams

Conservation Status

NatureServe Conservation Status:

NatureServe Global Status Rank:

Global Status Last Reviewed:

1996-11-21

Global Status Last Changed:

1996-11-21

Other Status:

LC - Least concern

Distribution

Conservation Status Map:

Global Range:

H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - BREEDING: northern Alaska to Baffin Island and Newfoundland, south to Aleutians, southeastern Alaska, northern Alberta, Minnesota, Michigan, northern New York, northern Vermont, Maine, and Nova Scotia. NON-BREEDING: southern Alaska, Great Lakes, and Nova Scotia to Baja California, Gulf Coast, Florida; very rare in Hawaii. Winters primarily in coastal waters (especially the Atlantic coast from Maine to North Carolina, the Gulf coast along the Florida panhandle, and around Vancouver Island) but also in many inland areas (including especially southern Lake Huron and northern Utah) (Root 1988). Also breeds and winters in the Old World.

Global Range Code:

Global Range Description:

>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

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Mergus serrator

Red-breasted Merganser

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Mergus serrator

Red-breasted Merganser

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