Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
Call and song
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About the Common Merganser
Large duck with a sleek body and thin red bill. Breeding males have a dark green head and mostly white body with peachy blush on underparts. Females and immature males have rusty brown head and gray bodies with a cleanly demarcated white throat. Feeds in rivers, lakes, and large ponds by diving to catch fish. Hardy in winter, often staying as far north as open water permits.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 77 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- China
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Guernsey
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Iran
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jersey
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Svalbard
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Uzbekistan
