Species

Mergus serrator (Red-breasted merganser)

Mergus serrator. Photo: (c) Mario Finkel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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The red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) is a diving duck, one of the sawbills. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird, and serrator is a sawyer from Latin serra, “saw”.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Aves (Birds)
        Order: Anseriformes (Waterfowl)
        Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese, and swans)
        Genus: Mergus (Typical mergansers)
        Species: Mergus serrator (Red-breasted merganser)

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