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The common merganser, Mergus merganser, is a large seaduck of rivers and lakes in forested areas of Europe, Asia, and North America. The common merganser eats mainly fish. It nests in holes in trees. Female with chicks in water and riding on the back of the mother. Malheur NWR, Oregon.

Merganser duck landing in river

Goosander, Mergus merganser, Nameri National Park, Assam, India

Pair of common mergansers (Mergus merganser) on a log in Connecticut's Bantam River, spring. Male in front, female in back. Known as goosander in Eurasia.

Two gooseander or common merganser ducks facing each other. Female Goosander with grey body and red-brown untidy head, and male Goosander with white body and black head.

Swimming pair of common merganser (Mergus merganser).

Mergus bird swims on the lake water

Common Merganser ducks taking flight in snow fall on icy lake near Lake McConaughy. Nearby town is Ogallala, Nebraska in central United States of America (USA).

Common Merganser family swimming in a pond in Hokkaido.

The Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) is a large diving duck that lives in rivers, lakes and saltwater in the forested areas of Europe, northern and central Asia, and North America. It has a serrated bill that helps it grip its prey which are mostly fish. In addition, it eats mollusks, crustaceans, worms and larvae. The common merganser builds its nest in tree cavities. The species is a permanent resident where the waters remain open in winter and migrates away from areas where the water freezes. This female common merganser was photographed while standing on a rock by Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Common Merganser

$L 58-68 cm, WS 78-94 cm. \nBreeds on lakes and slow streaming rivers in forested areas, required fairly deep, clear, fish-holding waters and mature trees with holes for nesting. Nests also in nest box, under or in house, in crevice, etc.\nGregarious except when breeding; can form very large flocks, when males gather to moult in late summer, or for communal fishing on favorite lakes in late autumn.\n\nExpert diver. Hardy, in winter many retreat in open water, just few in salt water. This a typical Winter visitor in the Netherlands in small numbers.$

Wild life

Male common merganser (Mergus merganser) landing in a lake.

Male Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus with a black head is found in the forests of eastern Asia

Common Merganser ducks flying at McConaughy Lake near Ogallala, Nebraska, USA

Common Merganser, Goosander, Mergus merganser, swimming on the Kleinhesseloher Lake in the English Garden at Munich, Germany

Female Common Merganser landing on water with splashes in Kempenfelt Bay of Lake Simcoe, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Goosander (Common Merganser) in flight

Common Merganser

Scaly-breasted Merganser, Mergus squamatus, close-up detail portrait of duck with red bill, Canada in America. Merganser in the nature habitat near the water. Ocean bird portrait.

Starting female common merganser (North American) or goosander (Eurasian) (Mergus merganser)

Common Merganser is a bird of the family Anatidae, also known as Sichuan Merganser, commonly known as diving duck, Lata duck, large saw-billed duck, fish drill or merganser. It is distributed in Siberia, Europe, North America, and all places south of the above, almost all over the northern hemisphere and mainland China, including Beijing Yanqi Lake Huairou Reservoir, Heilongjiang River, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Tibet, and all places south of the above. It is commonly seen around rivers, lakes, ponds, rivers, estuaries and seaports in oceans, freshwater lakes and forest areas.

Common merganser male (drake) duck flying over water in Yellowstone Ecosystem in western USA of North America.

Common merganser or goosander male Mergus merganser

$L 58-68 cm, WS 78-94 cm. \nBreeds on lakes and slow streaming rivers in forested areas, required fairly deep, clear, fish-holding waters and mature trees with holes for nesting. Nests also in nest box, under or in house, in crevice, etc.\nGregarious except when breeding; can form very large flocks, when males gather to moult in late summer, or for communal fishing on favorite lakes in late autumn.\n\nExpert diver. Hardy, in winter many retreat in open water, just few in salt water. This a typical Winter visitor in the Netherlands in small numbers.$

common merganser or goosander on a lake in europe

The Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) is a large diving duck that lives in rivers, lakes and saltwater in the forested areas of Europe, northern and central Asia, and North America. It has a serrated bill that helps it grip its prey which are mostly fish. In addition, it eats mollusks, crustaceans, worms and larvae. The common merganser builds its nest in tree cavities. The species is a permanent resident where the waters remain open in winter and migrates away from areas where the water freezes. This female common merganser was photographed while standing on a rock by Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Common goosander in flight with blue skies in the background

Female common merganser swimming in a lake. You can still recognise the fin of a fish in its beak.

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