Waterfowl
Common merganser (goosander)
Mergus merganser
- Group
- Waterfowl
- Size class
- Small (under 10 kg)
- Family
- Anatidae
Range
- North America
- Europe
Habitat
- Wetland
Range
Countries it is found in
67 countries
- Afghanistan
- Åland Islands
- Albania
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- China
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
Range from:Wikipedia country bird lists, GBIF occurrence records — read 2026-08-05
Field data
Tracks
A photograph of real sign left by Common merganser (goosander). Prints vary with gait, ground and how long they have been there — treat this as one example, not a template.
Track photo:Garth HarwoodCC BY
Cross-reference
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