Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Anseriformes > Family Anatidae > Genus Mergus

Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Mergusaccepted 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.
 Bokmål (Norwegian): laksand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 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
 English-United States: Goosander sources: Charles Hussey
 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.
 Gaelic: síolta mhór sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Galician: Síolta mhór
 German: Gänsesäger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Χηνοπρίστης sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Irish: Síolta mhór sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 Israel (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
 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: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 129
 Norwegian Nynorsk: laksand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 129
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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: 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. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

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

Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983

additional source

Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.

additional source

Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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

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

Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

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.

additional source

Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.

additional source

Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (1602 nucleotides; 624 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1034 publications)
Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159097

Drs Cees Roselaar. Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96551

Image

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, fresh

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159097
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96551

Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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