🦆Common Merganser
普通秋沙鸭（学名：Mergus merganser）为鸭科秋沙鸭属的鸟类，又名川秋沙，俗稱潜水鸭、拉他（邋遢）鸭子、大锯嘴鸭子、鱼钻子或秋沙鸭。分布于西伯利亚、欧洲、北美洲、以及上述以南各地几乎遍布整个北半球以及中国大陆的北京雁栖湖怀柔水库黑龙江以至新疆、青海、西藏、及上述以南各地等地，常见于海洋、淡水湖和森林地区河流的周围、湖泊、池塘、河流、江口以及海港。该物种的模式产地在瑞典。川秋沙主要以魚類為食，牠們會在樹洞中築巢。
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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 ↑
data quality: acceptable
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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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