Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)

Common Merganser (Male), Lost Lagoon, Near Stanley Park, British Columbia
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

Common Merganser | Mergus merganser photo

Common Merganser (Female), LaFarge Lake, Coquitlam, British Columbia
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

COMMON MERGANSER FACTS

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Genus:	Mergus
Species:	merganser
Common Name:	Common Merganser

Relatives in same Genus
Red-breasted Merganser (M. serrator)

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