The Common merganser – Mergus merganser or Goosander, is a large Holarctic diving seaduck of Type – waterbird, Family Anatidae and Order Anseriformes. It is a summer breeder to the wetlands of the Boreal forests of the northern hemisphere, and migrates S to winter in more temperate regions. In the AWB Region it winters in isolated wetlands of Turkey and the Caspian Sea coastal areas of Azerbaijan and NW Iran.
Type - waterbird - sawbill, piscivorous, nests in tree cavities in mature Boreal forests Summer Habitat - lakes, rivers of mature Boreal forests, above the tree line sometimes cavities in crags and cliffs, Winter Habitat - wetlands, coastal areas, Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Genus: Mergus Species - Mergus merganser Common merganser - Species - ebird.org Common merganser - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Common merganser - Species - animaldiversity.org Common merganser - Species - borealbirds.org Common merganser - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org Additional Material... Common merganser - Images - google.com Common merganser - Video - youtube.com Common merganser - Datazone - birdlife.org