Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Mergus merganser [merganser or orientalis]

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Azerbaijani: Böyük pazdimdik
Belarusian: Вялікі савук
Bulgarian: Голям нирец
Breton: An heskenneg bras
Catalan: Bec de serra gros
Catalan (Balears): Ànnera peixatera grossa
Valencian: Bec de serra gros
Czech: morčák velký
Welsh: Hwyaden ddanheddog
Danish: Stor Skallesluger
German: Gänsesäger
Greek: Χηνοπρίστης
English: Common Merganser, Common Merganser (merganser), Common Merganser (nominate), Eurasian Common Merganser, Eurasian merganser, Fish duck, Goosander
Esperanto: Granda merĝo
Spanish: Mergansár, Serreta grande
Spanish (Mexico): Mergo mayor
Estonian: Jääkoskel
Basque: Zerra handia
Finnish: isokoskelo
Faroese: Tannont
French: Grand Harle, Grand Harle (Eurasie), Grand Harle (forme d'Eurasie), Grand Harle (merganser), Grand Harle (nominal), Harle biévre
Frisian: Grutte Seachbek
Irish: Síolta Mhór
Gaelic: Sìolta
Galician: Mergo grande
Manx: Laagh 'Eecklagh
Hebrew: מרגון גדול
Croatian: Veliki ronac
Hungarian: Nagy bukó
Armenian: Մեծ Սղացակտուց Բադ
Icelandic: Gulönd
Italian: Smergo maggiore
Japanese (romaji): Kawa aisa
Japanese: カワアイサ
Georgian: დიდი ბატასინი
Mongolian, Halh: хумхи бохио, хумхин бохио, хумхин нугас
Khakas: Улуғ сус
Kazakh: Үлкен бейнарық
Korean: 비오리
Cornish: Hos dynsak
Scientific: Mergus merganser, Mergus merganser merganser
Lithuanian: Žuvinė antis
Latvian: Garknābja gaura
Macedonian: Големсеверен нуркач
Mongolian: бохио нугас, хумхи бохио, хумхин бохио, Хумхин нугас, энгийн бохио нугас
Maltese: Serra Prima
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): бохио нугас, энгийн бохио нугас
Dutch: Grote zaagbek, Grote zaagbekeend
Norwegian: Laksand
Polish: nuroges
Portuguese: Merganso-grande
Romansh: Marel grond
Russian: Большой крохаль
Scots: Siolta
Northern Sami: Gussagoalsi
Slovak: Potápač veľký
Slovenian: veliki žagar
Albanian: Zhytësi i mesëm
Serbian: veliki ronac
Swedish: Storskrake
Turkish: Büyük tarakdiş
Tuvinian: Улуг даргат
Ukrainian: Великий крохаль
Uzbek: оддий катта черага