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

*Mergus*		accepted 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

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