Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Galloanserae > Superorder Anserimorphae > Order Anseriformes > Suborder Anseri > Superfamily Anatoidea > Family Anatidae > Genus Mergus

Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mergus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: zhytësi i mesëm sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Голям нирец sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: stor skallesluger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grote zaagbek sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: common merganser; goosander sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: harle bièvre sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Gänsesäger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Χηνοπρίστης sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: מרגון גדול sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: smergo maggiore sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: カワアイサ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: didysis dančiasnapis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: laksand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: laksand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: laksand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: nurogęś; tracz nurogęś sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: ferestraş mare; ferestraşul mare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: большой крохаль; или керкуль (устар.) sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: síolta mhór sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: srednji žagar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: serreta grande sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: storskrake sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: buyuk tarakdis; büyük tarakdiş sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Крех великий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: hwyaden ddanheddog

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.