Mergus serrator serrator (Red-breasted Merganser (serrator))

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Red-breasted Merganser (serrator)

Mergus serrator serrator Linnaeus, C 1758

Classification

Order:
  Anseriformes
Family:
  Anatidae
Genus:
   Mergus
Scientific:
  Mergus serrator serrator

Original description

Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.129

Protonym:
Mergus Serrator

Type locality:
Europe; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 48.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/147/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
42CE1A25C1F79397

Avibase ID:
avibase-42CE1A25

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/42CE1A25

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175187

English:
Red-breasted Merganser (serrator)
French:
Harle huppé (serrator)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.): Mergus serrator serrator [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.): Mergus serrator serrator [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.): Mergus serrator serrator [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.): Mergus serrator serrator [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.): Mergus serrator serrator [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.): Mergus serrator serrator [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.): Mergus serrator serrator [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.): Mergus serrator serrator [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957): Mergus serrator serrator [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.): Mergus serrator serrator [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.): Mergus serrator serrator [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-breasted Merganser (serrator) ( Mergus serrator serrator)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Red-breasted Merganser (serrator) ( Mergus serrator serrator)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Red-breasted Merganser (serrator) ( Mergus serrator serrator)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red-breasted Merganser (nominate) ( Mergus serrator serrator)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red-breasted Merganser (nominate) ( Mergus serrator serrator)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red-breasted Merganser (nominate) ( Mergus serrator serrator)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red-breasted Merganser (nominate) ( Mergus serrator serrator)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red-breasted Merganser (nominate) ( Mergus serrator serrator)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red-breasted Merganser (nominate) ( Mergus serrator serrator)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red-breasted Merganser (nominate) ( Mergus serrator serrator)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Red-breasted Merganser (nominate) ( Mergus serrator serrator)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Mergus serrator serrator [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Mergus serrator serrator [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Mergus serrator

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