🦆Common Merganser
Büyük tarakdiş (Mergus merganser), ördekgiller (Anatidae) familyasından iri bir ördek türü. Avrupa, kuzey Asya ve kuzey Amerika'da yayılış gösterirler. Genellikle göl kenarları ev akasularda yerleşirler. Yuvalarını ağaç deliklerine yaparalar. Üçalt tür vardır: M. m. merganser, M. m. orientalis, M. m. americanus, Erkekler ve dişiler kolayca ayırt edilebilir. Erkek büyük tarakdişler koyu yeşil bir başa sahiplerken, dişiler kırmızımsı-kahve başa sahiplertirler. Bu kuşlar 70 cm uzunuğnda ve 78–94 cm kanat genişliğindedirler. Gagalarının tırtıkları sayesinde balıkları sıkıca tutabilen beslenen büyük kuşlardır. Midyeler, karidesler de besinlerini oluşturur. Genç kuşlar genellikle sucul böcekleri yerler. Kuzey Amerika'daki kuşlar küçük gruplar halinde daha güneylere göç ederler. Diğer yerlerdekiler de göç ederken, Avrupa'dakiler genellikle yerleşiktirler.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 1.45 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 15 years
Everything we know about the Common Merganser
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.45 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female1.23 kgWikidataQ180991
- Male1.71 kgWikidataQ180991
Figures vary
- 1.45 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.11 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.27 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.07 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.05 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan15 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Gestation30 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 10AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatRiverineAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleAquaticAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Danger to humansharmlessSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.5 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Common Merganser yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderAnseriformes
- ›familyAnatidae
- ›genusMergus
- ›speciesMergus merganser
- classBirds · Aves
- orderDucks, geese & swans · Anseriformes
- familyAnatidae
- genusMergus
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- superorderGalloanserae
- orderDucks, geese & swans · Anseriformes
- familyAnatidae
- genusMergus
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