Scaly-sided Merganser

Mergus squamatus - Harle de Chine

Harle de Chine
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Mergus

  • Species
    :

    squamatus

Descriptor

Gould, 1864

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 62 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 70 à 86 cm.
  • Weight
    : 870 à 1400 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Harle de Chine
♂ adult plum. breeding
Harle de Chine
♂ adult

Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Harle de Chine,
  • Serreta china,
  • merganso-de-flancos-escamosos,
  • Schuppensäger,
  • csuklyás bukó,
  • Chinese Zaagbek,
  • Smergo squamato,
  • amurskrake,
  • Skjellfiskand,
  • potápač šupinatý,
  • morčák šupinatý,
  • Amurskallesluger,
  • amurinkoskelo,
  • bec de serra de la Xina,
  • tracz chiński,
  • zvīņotā gaura,
  • Чешуйчатый крохаль,
  • コウライアイサ,
  • 中华秋沙鸭,
  • เป็ดปากยาวข้างลาย,
  • 唐秋沙〔中華秋沙，鱗脇秋沙〕,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Forest : Temperate ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Subtidal Sandy, Estuaries

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Harle de Chine
published: - Updated: 11-08-2005
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