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Swimming pair of common merganser (Mergus merganser).

Common Merganser with its chicks on its back, swimming on the water in a lake

A female common merganser, aka Mergus merganser swimming upstream

Male Common merganser (Mergus merganser), Calgary, Prince's Island Park, Alberta, Canada

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.

A group of Common Mergansers gather both in the water and on a floating log, showcasing their vibrant plumage and creating a captivating scene of avian charm.

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

Goosanders live on rivers and lakes. This female goosander wears the brood dress. Goosanders prefer clear, fast-flowing rivers with gravel bottoms, lakes and coasts with trees. Goosanders are mainly freshwater birds.

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

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

A pair of Common Mergansers sitting on the bank of Green Lake, Whistler, B.C., Canada.

A female common merganser or goosander (Eurasian) (Mergus merganser) on the shores of the upper Zurich Lake (Obersee), Switzerland

A red-breasted merganser enjoying a sunny day on the water of Lake Ontario.

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 in non-breeding plumage was photographed while swimming at Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Common merganser bird at Vancouver BC Canada

A lone female goo sander swimming across a lake. taken from a side view with lots of copy space.

Male Goosander (Mergus merganser) wintering in the Netherlands. Swimming in blue reflection of a ship in the water surface in a harbor in Friesland.

Male Common Merganser Swimming On Peaceful Canal

Common merganser (Mergus merganser) male, large water bird in mating robe. The bird swims on the river.

A male Goosander also known as Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) swimming on a river with a partially blurred natural background, North Yorkshire, UK

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

Side view of common merganser swimming and dipping in waving lake with blue sunlight on smooth water surface

Hooded Merganser ducks swimming in lake at Fountain Creek, Colorado in western USA, North America

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