Species: Mergus serrator

Red-breasted Merganser
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Anseriformes

    Family

    Anatidae

    Genus

    Mergus

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Mergo Copetón - harle huppé
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Waterfowl
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae - Mergus
    Migration
    false - true - true - Migrates north mostly March-May; arrives in northernmost breeding areas late May-early June. Southward migration mostly September-December. Some coastal breeding populations may stay in area all year? (Palmer 1976).
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    true
    Food Comments
    Eats mostly fishes plus some crustaceans; insects are important to young (Palmer 1976). Dives underwater to forage.
    Reproduction Comments
    Clutch size: 6-16 (often 8-10); incubation: 29-35 days, by female; young first fly at estimated age of 59 days; first breeds at almost 2 years (Terres 1980, Palmer 1976).
    Length
    58
    Weight
    1135
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-11-21
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-11-21
    Other Status

    LC - Least concern

    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - BREEDING: northern Alaska to Baffin Island and Newfoundland, south to Aleutians, southeastern Alaska, northern Alberta, Minnesota, Michigan, northern New York, northern Vermont, Maine, and Nova Scotia. NON-BREEDING: southern Alaska, Great Lakes, and Nova Scotia to Baja California, Gulf Coast, Florida; very rare in Hawaii. Winters primarily in coastal waters (especially the Atlantic coast from Maine to North Carolina, the Gulf coast along the Florida panhandle, and around Vancouver Island) but also in many inland areas (including especially southern Lake Huron and northern Utah) (Root 1988). Also breeds and winters in the Old World.
    Global Range Code
    H
    Global Range Description
    >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
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