Common Merganser Mergus merganser Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (49)
- Subspecies (3)
John Pearce, Mark L. Mallory, and Karen Metz
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Zhytësi i mesëm |
| Arabic | بلقشة شائعة |
| Armenian | Մեծ սղոցակտուց բադ |
| Assamese | কঁকিলাদৰিয়া হাঁহ |
| Asturian | Merguyu grande |
| Azerbaijani | Böyük pazdimdik |
| Basque | Zerra handia |
| Bulgarian | Голям нирец |
| Catalan | bec de serra gros |
| Chinese | 川秋沙 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 普通秋沙鸭 |
| Croatian | veliki ronac |
| Czech | morčák velký |
| Danish | Stor Skallesluger |
| Dutch | Grote Zaagbek |
| English | Common Merganser |
| English (UK) | Goosander |
| English (United States) | Common Merganser |
| Faroese | Tannont |
| Finnish | isokoskelo |
| French | Grand Harle |
| French (France) | Grand Harle |
| Galician | Mergo grande |
| German | Gänsesäger |
| Greek | Χηνοπρίστης |
| Hebrew | מרגון גדול |
| Hungarian | Nagy bukó |
| Icelandic | Gulönd |
| Italian | Smergo maggiore |
| Japanese | カワアイサ |
| Korean | 비오리 |
| Latvian | Lielā gaura |
| Lithuanian | Didysis dančiasnapis |
| Mongolian | Хумхин бохио |
| Norwegian | laksand |
| Persian | مرگوس بزرگ |
| Polish | nurogęś |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Merganso-grande |
| Romanian | Ferestraș mare |
| Russian | Большой крохаль |
| Serbian | Veliki ronac |
| Slovak | potápač veľký |
| Slovenian | Veliki žagar |
| Spanish | Serreta Grande |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Mergo Mayor |
| Spanish (Spain) | Serreta grande |
| Swedish | storskrake |
| Turkish | Büyük Tarakdiş |
| Ukrainian | Крех великий |
Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Mergus Merganser
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. 47
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MERGUS
- merganser
- Merganser
The Key to Scientific Names
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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 Common Merganser
