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Mergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758 Family: ducks, geese, swans Order: Anseriformes print version
Redbreasted merganser Harle huppé Serreta mediana Mittelsäger
Migration: partial

Verbreitungskarte von Mergus serrator Partially migratory; winters along Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America; Mediterranean basin, S USSR, E China, Korea and Japan; present all-year over much of NW Europe, Iceland and W Greenland. Occasionally further S; males tend to remain closer to breeding grounds than females or immatures.   (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1992)


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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel)