Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (56)
- Monotypic
Shawn Craik, John Pearce, and Rodger D. Titman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Zhytësi i mesëm me çallmë |
| Arabic | بلقشة حمراء الصدر |
| Armenian | Սղոցակտուց բադ |
| Asturian | Merguyu crestudu |
| Azerbaijani | Uzunburun pazdimdik |
| Basque | Zerra ertaina |
| Bulgarian | Среден нирец |
| Catalan | bec de serra mitjà |
| Chinese | 紅胸秋沙 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 红胸秋沙鸭 |
| Croatian | mali ronac |
| Czech | morčák prostřední |
| Danish | Toppet Skallesluger |
| Dutch | Middelste Zaagbek |
| English | Red-breasted Merganser |
| English (United States) | Red-breasted Merganser |
| Faroese | Toppont |
| Finnish | tukkakoskelo |
| French | Harle huppé |
| French (France) | Harle huppé |
| French (Haiti) | Canard à poitrine rouge |
| Galician | Mergo cristado |
| German | Mittelsäger |
| Greek | Θαλασσοπρίστης |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Kanna fal wouj |
| Hebrew | מרגון בינוני |
| Hungarian | Örvös bukó |
| Icelandic | Toppönd |
| Italian | Smergo minore |
| Japanese | ウミアイサ |
| Korean | 바다비오리 |
| Latvian | Garknābja gaura |
| Lithuanian | Vidutinis dančiasnapis |
| Mongolian | Сэвгэр бохио |
| Norwegian | siland |
| Persian | مرگوس کاکلی |
| Polish | szlachar |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Merganso-de-poupa |
| Romanian | Ferestraș moțat |
| Russian | Длинноносый крохаль |
| Serbian | Srednji ronac |
| Slovak | potápač prostredný |
| Slovenian | Srednji žagar |
| Spanish | Serreta Mediana |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Serreta Pechirrojo |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Pato serrucho |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Mergansa Pechiroja |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Mergo Copetón |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Mergo Copetón |
| Spanish (Panama) | Serreta Pechirroja |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Mergansa Piquilarga |
| Spanish (Spain) | Serreta mediana |
| Swedish | småskrake |
| Thai | เป็ดปากยาวอกแดง |
| Turkish | Tarakdiş |
| Ukrainian | Крех середній |
Mergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Mergus Serrator
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.129.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 48.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MERGUS
- serrator
- Serrator
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Red-breasted Merganser
