The Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) is a large long-bodied diving duck of the sub family Anatinae, it is also one of the sawbills. It has a very extensive North Holarctic breeding range and migrates in the winter to more Temperate coasts. In the AWB Region it winters on coasts of Turkey and the Black Sea, the Eastern coast of Tunisia, The Southern end of the Caspian Sea and the coasts of Iran and Pakistan along the Northern end of the Gulf of Oman.
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Subfamily: Anatinae Genus: Mergus
Species ...Mergus serrator Red-breasted merganser - Species - ebird.org Red-breasted merganser - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Red-breasted merganser - Guide - rspb.org.uk Red-breasted merganser - Explorer - wildlifetrusts.org Red-breasted merganser - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.rg
Additional Material... Red-breasted merganser - Images - google.com Red-breasted merganser - Video - youtube.com Red-breasted merganser - Datazone - birdlife.org