| Description | The red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) is a diving duck, one of the sawbills. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird, and serrator is a sawyer from Latin serra, "saw".
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Anseriformes : Anatidae : Mergus : Mergus serrator |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Anseriformes : Anatidae : Mergus : Mergus serrator |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Mergus |
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| Common Name | red-breasted merganser |
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| Scientific Name | Mergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758 |
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| Name Published In | Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Mergus serrator | species | belongs to Mergus | stated without evidence | Linnaeus, 1758 | | Mergus serrator | species | belongs to Mergus | stated with evidence | Clements et al., 2017 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene |
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| Environment | freshwater (based on Anatinae) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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| Diet | herbivore (based on Anatinae) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824 |
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| Common Name(s) | Red-breasted Merganser, 紅胸秋沙, Mergo Copetón, Harle Huppé, Mittelsäger, Middelste Zaagbek, 紅胸秋沙;海秋沙, Ferestraş Moţat, Ferestraşul Moţat, Hwyaden Frongoch, Serreta Mediana, Siland, Smergo Minore, Småskrake, Szlachar, Síolta Rua, Tarakdis, Tarakdiş, Toppet Skallesluger, Tracz Długodzioby, Veliki žagar, Vidutinis Dančiasnapis, Zhytësi I Mesëm Me çallmë, Θαλασσοπρίστης, Длинноносый крохаль, Крех середній, Крех середній (Крех довгоносий), Середній крех, Среден нирец, длинноносый, или морской крохаль, מרגון בינוני, ウミアイサ, Tukkakoskelo, Örvös Bukó, Garknabja Gaura, Szlachar (tracz, Merganso-de-poupa, Toppont, Toppönd, Bec De Serra Mitjà, Garknābja Gaura, Melgāle, Morčák Prostřední, Potápač Prostredný, Rohukoskel, Srednji žagar, örvös Bukó, 红胸秋沙鸭 |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergus_serrator |
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| Linnaeus C. , Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1, 1-824 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542 |
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Mergus serrator
