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Typical Mergansers
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Typical Mergansers

Mergus

Mergus is the genus of the typical mergansers, fish-eating ducks in the subfamily Anatinae. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Common Merganser

speciesMergus merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

speciesMergus serrator

Scaly-sided Merganser

speciesMergus squamatus

Brazilian Merganser

speciesMergus octosetaceus

Common × Red-breasted Merganser

hybridMergus merganser × serrator

Auckland Islands Merganser

speciesMergus australis

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Typical Mergansers in Ten Books of Exotic Things

Ten Books of Exotic Things

Carolus Clusius · 1605 · p.122

Typical Mergansers in The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1

The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1

Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.299

Typical Mergansers in Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)

Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)

Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.584

Typical Mergansers in Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.735

Typical Mergansers in Ortus sanitatis

Ortus sanitatis

1491 · p.647

Typical Mergansers in History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.953

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 6995.