#0619 · 🐦 birds

Common Merganser

🇳🇱 Grote zaagbek ·Mergus merganser

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © brian stahls · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © louisetrussler · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0
4. © Don Loarie · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Armand Oliveros · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Константин Ординарцев · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Andrew Bazdyrev · CC BY 4.0
8. © rbbrummitt · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Craig K. Hunt · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © tan2024 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The common merganser (North American) or goosander (Eurasian) ( Mergus merganser ) is a large duck of rivers and lakes in forested areas of Europe, northern and central Asia, and North America.

base stats

NL sightings 534iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 133,500iNaturalist observations
weight 1.7 kgadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).