Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (slash)

Your sightings

Related taxa

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none Avibase taxonomic concepts (current) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021) (v.?) eBird version 1.50 (v.?) eBird version 1.52 (v.?) eBird version 1.53 (v.?) eBird version 1.54 (v.?) eBird version 1.55 (v.?) eBird version 2015 (v.?) eBird version 2016 (v.?) eBird version 2017 (v.?) eBird version 2018 (v.?) eBird version 2019 (v.?) eBird version 2021 (v.?) eBird version 2022 (v.?) eBird version 2023 (v.?) eBird version 2024 (v.?) eBird version 2025 (v.?)

Other related concepts

• Mergus serrator (taxon group)
• Mergus merganser (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Groot-/Rooiborssaagbek
Azerbaijani: Böyük/Uzunburun pazdimdik
Bulgarian: Голям / Среден нирец
Catalan: bec de serra gros/mitjà
Czech: morčák velký/prostřední
Danish: Stor Skallesluger/Toppet Skallesluger
German: Gänse-/Mittelsäger
Greek: Χηνοπρίστης/Θαλασσοπρίστης
English: Common or Red-breasted Merganser, Common/Red-breasted Merganser
[ENAV]: Common/Red-breasted Merganser
English (United Kingdom): Goosander/Red-breasted Merganser
English, HBW: Goosander/Red-breasted Merganser
[ENHK]: Common/Red-breasted Merganser
English (IOC): Common/Red-breasted Merganser
English (United States): Common/Red-breasted Merganser
Spanish: Mergo Mayor/Copetón, Serreta Grande/Mediana
Spanish (Cuba): Pato Serrucho Raro/Serrucho
Spanish (Spain): Serreta Grande/Mediana
Spanish (HBW): Common/Red-breasted Merganser
Spanish (Mexico): Mergo Mayor/Copetón
Estonian: jääkoskel/rohukoskel
Basque: Zerra handia/ertaina
Persian: مرگوس بزرگ / مرگوس کاکلی
Finnish: isokoskelo/tukkakoskelo
Faroese: Tannont/toppont
French: Grand Harle ou H. huppé
[FRFR]: Harle bièvre ou H. huppé
French (Guyane): Grand Harle ou H. huppé
Hebrew: מרגון גדול/בינוני
Croatian: veliki/mali ronac
Hungarian: Nagy bukó/Örvös bukó
Armenian: Մեծ սղոցակտուց/Սղոցակտուց բադ
Icelandic: Gul-/toppönd
Japanese (romaji): kawaaisa/umiaisa
Japanese: カワアイサ/ウミアイサ
Scientific: Mergus [merganser or serrator], Mergus merganser/serrator
Mongolian: Хумхин бохио/Сэвгэр бохио, Хумхин/Сэвгэр бохио
Nepali: मणितुण्डक/कुमथोप्ले मणितुण्डक
Dutch: Grote Zaagbek/Middelste Zaagbek
Norwegian: laksand/siland
Polish: nurogęś/szlachar
Portuguese (Portugal): Merganso-grande/Merganso-de-poupa
Romanian: Ferestraș mare/moțat
Russian: Большой/Длинноносый крохаль
Slovak: potápač veľký/prostredný
Slovenian: Veliki/Srednji žagar
Albanian: Zhytësi i mesëm/Zhytësi i mesëm me çallme
Serbian: Veliki ronac/srednji ronac, Veliki/srednji ronac
Swedish: storskrake/småskrake
Turkish: Büyük tarakdiş/Tarakdiş
Ukrainian: Крех великий/середній
Chinese: 普通秋沙鸭/红胸秋沙鸭
[ZHHK]: 普通秋沙鴨/紅胸秋沙鴨
Chinese (Traditional): 川/紅胸秋沙, 普通秋沙鸭/红胸秋沙鸭