Species such as eiders, oldsquaw (Clangula hyemalis), common merganser (Mergus merganser), and red-breasted mergansers (M. serrator), are hunted by set seasonal open and closing dates. From Wordnik.com. [Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic] Reference
Species of particular concern are black-fronted piping guan Aburria jacutinga (E), Brazilian merganser Mergus octosetaceus (E), purple-winged ground dove Claravis godefrida (E) and helmeted woodpecker Dryocopus galeatus (V). From Wordnik.com. [Iguazú National Park, Argentina] Reference
Birds visiting the area include Brent goose Branta bernicla, common eider Somateria mollissima, red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator, pomarine skua Stercorarius pomarinus, Arctic skua Stercorarius parasiticus, Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea and Brünnich's guillemot Uria lomvia. From Wordnik.com. [Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland] Reference
Mergus Merganser (buff-breasted merganser or sheldrake), common on lakes and rivers. From Wordnik.com. [The Maine Woods] Reference
B.L.P. Verheij in Werkendam, europanummer 02326908 Foto's gemaakt door Mergus in Hansweert. From Wordnik.com. [Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO'] Reference
Global climate change has caused some migratory birds previously seen in Turkey, including the red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator), to shift their routes northward. From Wordnik.com. [TreeHugger] Reference
The merganser (Mergus serrator) which preys upon small fish, was the first of the duck tribe that appeared; next came the teal (Anas crecca) which lives upon small insects that abound in the waters at this season; and lastly the goose which feeds upon berries and herbage. From Wordnik.com. [The Journey to the Polar Sea] Reference
Merganser, Common Mergus merganser 94. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
Merganser, Red-breasted Mergus serrator 70. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) III. From Wordnik.com. [Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic] Reference
While he his brother Mergus cast to slaye. From Wordnik.com. [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook] Reference
Foto gemaakt door Mergus in Hansweert. From Wordnik.com. [Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO'] Reference
Mergus serrator. —. From Wordnik.com. [Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806] Reference
Mergus cucullatus. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on the State of Virginia.] Reference
Mergus. From Wordnik.com. [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference
Mergus Serrator. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the Linnean Society] Reference
Mergus rubricapilla. From Wordnik.com. [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference
Querquedula Americana fusca 1.99 Blue wing teal 17.405 Anas sponsa Anas Americanus cristatus elegans 1.97 Summer duck 17.351 Anas Americanus lato rostro 1.96 Blue wing shoveler 17.275 Mergus cucullatus Anas cristatus 1.94 Round crested duck 15.437 Colymbus podiceps Prodicipes minor rostro vario 1.91 Pied bill dopchick 15.383 Ardea Herodias Ardea cristata maxima Americana 3.10 Largest crested heron 14.113 Ardea violacea Ardea stellaris cristata Americana 1.79 Crested bittern 14.134 Ardca cærulea Ardea cærulea 1.76 Blue heron. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on the State of Virginia] Reference
The Delta holds huge numbers of Anatidae in the winter with counts of 500,000 white-fronted goose Anser albifrons (but only 64,000-77,500 in 1982), up to 500 lesser white-fronted goose A. erythropus, 45,000 red-breasted goose Branta ruficollis (a globally threatened species with almost 95% of the world wintering population present here), 150,000 teal Anas crecca, 200,000 mallard A. platyrynchos, 14,000 pintail A. acuta, 40,000 shovelor A. clypeata, 32,400 red-crested pochard Netta rufina, 970,000 pochard A. ferina, 13,000 ferruginous duck A. nyroca, and 1,500 red-breasted merganser Mergus albellus. From Wordnik.com. [Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Romania] Reference
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