Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
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About Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Anseriformes
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
The red-breasted merganser is a duck species that is native to much of the temperate to subarctic Northern Hemisphere. The red breast that gives the species its common name is only displayed by males in breeding plumage. Individuals fly rapidly, and feed by diving from the surface to pursue aquatic animals underwater, using serrated bills to capture slippery fish. They migrate each year from breeding sites on lakes and rivers to their mostly coastal wintering areas, making them the most frequent species in the genus Mergus to frequent saltwater regularly. The worldwide population of this species is stable, though it is threatened in some areas by habitat loss and other factors.
Source: Wikipedia
Visits
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2006-02-09
Candlestick Park, United States of America -
2006-02-09
Heron's Head Park, United States of America -
2007-01-10
Heron's Head Park, United States of America -
2007-02-05
Candlestick Park, United States of America -
2007-03-26
Golden Gate Park - Lloyd Lake, United States of AmericaOne female. -
2007-04-11
San Diego Estuary, United States of America -
2009-11-29
Heron's Head Park, United States of America -
2010-05-27
Kenai Peninsula, United States of America -
2010-05-29
Saint George Island, United States of America -
2013-04-17
Palacios, United States of America -
2014-07-18
Nome-Kougarok Road, United States of America -
2015-03-17
Gressholmen, Norway -
2016-01-18
Candlestick Park, United States of America -
2019-10-02
Orkney Islands, England -
2019-10-03
Orkney Islands, England -
2019-11-09
Crissy Field, United States of America -
2021-01-30
Tomales Bay State Park, United States of America -
2021-05-21
Illinois Beach State Park, United States of America -
2022-12-03
Pescadero Marsh, United States of America -
2023-01-08
Crissy Field, United States of America -
2023-05-13
Illinois Beach State Park, United States of America -
2024-02-03
Cayo Coco, Cuba -
2024-02-19
Rausu, Japan -
2024-02-19
Notsuke Peninsula, Japan -
2024-02-20
Nemuro Point, Japan -
2024-02-20
Hamanaka, Japan -
2025-03-14
Portland Islands, United States of America -
2025-03-14
Portland, United States of America
