Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

Ducks

Mergus cucullatus
Swamps, streams, lakes, marshes, in migration also rivers and brackish coastal waters.
From se Alaska, c British Columbia and sw Alberta s to sw Oregon, c Idaho and n Colorado; c New Mexico; from c Saskatchewan e across s Canada to New Brunswick and s Nova Scotia, s to se Kansas, c Arkansas, ne Texas, n Louisiana, n Gulf states and c Florida.
Often included in Lophodytes
Hybridizes rarely with the Common Goldeneye.
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Mergus albellus
Lakes, ponds, in migration also rivers and bays.
From n Scandinavia locally e through n,c Russia and n Siberia to Anadyrland and Kamchatka, s to Lake Baikal, Manchuria, n Amurland and n Sakhalin; sc Russia on the lower Volga River.
Rare migrant in the Aleutian Is.;
Vagrant records s to California, Niagara River, Rhode Island, some may be escaped captives.
Often included in Mergellus
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Mergus serrator
Rivers, ponds, lakes, in migration also seacoasts.
From Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., British Isles, Scandinavia and n continental Europe, rarely s to Netherlands, Germany and Poland; e
across n Russia incl. Novaya Zemlya, and n,c Siberia to Kamchatka and Commander Is., s to Lake Baikal, Manchuria, Ussuriland and Amurland; Crimea, Armenia, Lake Balkash, Altai, Tuva. From n Alaska, n Yukon,
n Mackenzie, c Keewatin, n Baffin I., Labrador and Newfoundland s to s,se Alaska incl. Aleutian Is., n British Columbia, sw,c Saskatchewan, s Manitoba and n U.S. from c Minnesota e to New Jersey, New England and Nova Scotia.
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Mergus cucullatus

Hooded Merganser

Vagrant

w.Europe

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Mergus albellus

Smew

uncommon

has bred: Romania

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Mergus serrator

Red-breasted Merganser

locally common

has bred: Netherlands,

Lithuania, Armenia

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Mergus merganser
COMMON MERGANSER. (=GOOSANDER in Europe).
Lakes, rivers, in migration also brackish seacoast waters.
From Iceland, British Isles and Scandinavia e across n,c Russia and Siberia generally s of Arctic Circle, to Anadyrland and Kamchatka, s to Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Greece, Germany and Poland; c Russia, s Siberia w to Altai, ne Afghanistan, w China, se Tibet, n Mongolia and Manchuria; Uzbekistan and Turkestan. From c,sc Alaska w to lower Kuskokwim R. and Kodiak I., s Yukon, s Mackenzie and n Saskatchewan e across c Canada to c Labrador, Newfoundland and wc Nova Scotia, s to mts of c Calif., c Nevada, c Arizona and sw,n New Mexico, and e of the Rockies to n U.S. from ne Minnesota e to nw New Jersey and New England.
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Oxyura jamaicensis
Marshes, lakes, in migration also streams, brackish marshes and coastal bays.
Ec Alaska, and from c,ne British Columbia, sw Mackenzie, n Alberta, n Saskatchewan and c Manitoba e across s Canada to Nova Scotia and s to s Calif., c Arizona, s New Mexico, w,s Texas, sw Louisiana and n Florida; Guatemala and El Salvador; W. Indies s to Grenada.
Introduced in Great Britain and a vagrant in western Europe.
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Oxyura leucocephala
Lakes, reedbeds, sluggish rivers, often in steppe or desert country.
Locally from Mediterranean region (rarely s Spain, Sardinia, Romania, formerly more widespread) and nw Africa from ne Algeria and Tunisia e through Turkey, nw Iran and nw Black Sea area, and from n of the Caspian Sea e to Kazakhstan and the Altai, s to Turkestan, to n Afghanistan, w China and s Mongolia.
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