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 serrator 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 me çallmë 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: Среден нирец sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Dutch: middelste zaagbek sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English: red-breasted merganser sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: harle huppé 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: Mittelsäger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Russian: длинноносый; Длинноносый крохаль; или морской крохаль sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

Ukrainian: Крех середній; Крех середній (Крех довгоносий); Середній крех sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: hwyaden frongoch

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	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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 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	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
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	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
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	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.