Genus

Typical Mergansers

Mergus

3 species in our catalog · found in 58 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderAnseriformes (Waterfowl)
FamilyAnatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Swans)
GenusMergus (Typical Mergansers)

Species in this group

Mergus merganser

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Mergus serrator

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Mergus octosetaceus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~30%

Jan

~20%

Feb

~30%

Mar

~20%

Apr

~30%

May

~20%

Jun

~20%

Jul

~20%

Aug

~20%

Sep

~20%

Oct

~20%

Nov

~30%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Typical Mergansers

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities In captivity: 25 zoos & centres

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~70%
	Common Merganser			~60%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~40%
2	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~70%
	Common Merganser			~70%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~20%
3	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 3	~50%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~50%
	Common Merganser			~10%
4	Plitvice Lakes National Park	🇭🇷 Croatia	1 of 3	~40%
	Common Merganser			~40%
5	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~40%
	Common Merganser			~40%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
6	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 3	~40%
	Common Merganser			~30%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~20%
7	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~40%
	Common Merganser			~40%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
8	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 3	~30%
	Common Merganser			~20%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
9	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~30%
	Common Merganser			~30%
10	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~20%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~20%
	Common Merganser			~10%
11	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
12	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	2 of 3	~20%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~20%
	Common Merganser			<5%
13	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
14	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 3	~20%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
15	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~20%
16	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~20%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
17	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~20%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
18	Serra da Canastra National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~20%
	Brazilian Merganser			~20%
19	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~20%
20	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	1 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~20%
21	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
22	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
23	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 3	~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
	Common Merganser			<5%
24	Chitwan National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	1 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
25	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
26	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 3	~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
27	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
28	Padre Island National Seashore	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
29	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
30	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
	Common Merganser			<5%
31	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
32	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
33	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	1 of 3	~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
34	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
35	Manas National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
36	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
37	Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
38	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
39	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	1 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
40	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
41	Nikko National Park	🇯🇵 Japan	1 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
42	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
43	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
44	Camargue	🇫🇷 France	1 of 3	<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
45	Royal Manas National Park	🇧🇹 Bhutan	1 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
46	Royal Bardia National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	1 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
47	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
48	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1 of 3	<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
49	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	2 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
50	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
51	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
52	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
53	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
54	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
55	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	1 of 3	<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
56	Namdapha National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
57	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1 of 3	<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
58	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Calgary	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 3	~50%
	Common Merganser			~50%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
2	Sendai	🇯🇵 Japan	2 of 3	~50%
	Common Merganser			~30%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~20%
3	Helsinki	🇫🇮 Finland	2 of 3	~40%
	Common Merganser			~40%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
4	Lanzhou	🇨🇳 China	1 of 3	~30%
	Common Merganser			~30%
5	Sacramento	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~30%
	Common Merganser			~30%
6	Taiyuan	🇨🇳 China	1 of 3	~30%
	Common Merganser			~30%
7	Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 3	~30%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~20%
	Common Merganser			~10%
8	Dalian	🇨🇳 China	2 of 3	~30%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~20%
	Common Merganser			~10%
9	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 3	~30%
	Common Merganser			~30%
10	Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~20%
11	Stockholm	🇸🇪 Sweden	2 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~20%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
12	Seattle	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~20%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
13	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~20%
14	Manchester	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~20%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
15	Daejeon	🇰🇷 South Korea	1 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~20%
16	Leeds	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~20%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
17	Anchorage	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~20%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
18	Novosibirsk	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~20%
19	Montreal	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
20	Chicago	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~20%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~20%
	Common Merganser			<5%
21	Edmonton	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 3	~20%
	Common Merganser			~20%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
22	Boston	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~20%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
23	Nizhny Novgorod	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
24	Vancouver	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
25	Beijing	🇨🇳 China	2 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
26	Denver	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
27	Portland	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
28	Daegu	🇰🇷 South Korea	1 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
29	Osaka	🇯🇵 Japan	2 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
30	New York City	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
	Common Merganser			<5%
31	San Diego	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
	Common Merganser			<5%
32	Busan	🇰🇷 South Korea	1 of 3	~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
33	Kitakyushu	🇯🇵 Japan	1 of 3	~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
34	Minneapolis [Saint Paul]	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
35	Minsk	🇧🇾 Belarus	2 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
36	Dublin	🇮🇪 Ireland	2 of 3	~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
	Common Merganser			<5%
37	Kazan	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
38	Copenhagen	🇩🇰 Denmark	2 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
39	Hangzhou	🇨🇳 China	2 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
40	Seoul	🇰🇷 South Korea	2 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
41	Paris	🇫🇷 France	1 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
42	Qingdao	🇨🇳 China	1 of 3	~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
43	Nagoya	🇯🇵 Japan	2 of 3	~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
44	Liverpool	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 3	~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
45	Gwangju	🇰🇷 South Korea	1 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
46	Tokyo	🇯🇵 Japan	2 of 3	~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
47	Hiroshima	🇯🇵 Japan	1 of 3	~10%
	Red-breasted Merganser			~10%
48	Ulaanbaatar	🇲🇳 Mongolia	1 of 3	~10%
	Common Merganser			~10%
49	Los Angeles	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
50	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	1 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
51	Shenyang	🇨🇳 China	1 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
52	Philadelphia	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
53	San Francisco	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
54	Cologne	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
55	Yekaterinburg	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 3	<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
56	Moscow	🇷🇺 Russia	2 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
57	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
58	Kyiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
59	Fukuoka	🇯🇵 Japan	1 of 3	<5%
	Red-breasted Merganser			<5%
60	Las Vegas	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	<5%
	Common Merganser			<5%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

#	Zoo / Centre	Country
1	Prague Zoo	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity
2	Tierpark Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
3	Dresden Zoo	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
4	Zoo Pilsen	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity
5	Bronx Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
6	Slimbridge Wetland Centre	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	In captivity
7	Toledo Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
8	Berlin Zoological Garden	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
9	Fort Worth Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
10	Centro Cicogne e Anatidi	🇮🇹 Italy	In captivity
11	Cologne Zoological Garden	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
12	London Zoo	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	In captivity
13	Oasi Naturalistica di Sant'Alessio	🇮🇹 Italy	In captivity
14	Queens Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
15	Stone Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
16	Bayerwald-Tierpark Lohberg	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
17	Santillana Zoo	🇪🇸 Spain	In captivity
18	Alpenzoo Innsbruck	🇦🇹 Austria	In captivity
19	Central Park Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
20	Aquarium Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
21	Rákosův pavilon	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity
22	Velemlokárium	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity
23	akwarium warszawskiego ZOO	🇵🇱 Poland	In captivity
24	Cologne Zoo Aquarium	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
25	Les Oiseaux du Marais Poitevin	🇫🇷 France	In captivity

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Typical Mergansers

Species in this group

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Brazilian Merganser

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Typical Mergansers

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked

Zoos & Centres Where Found