Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-breasted_Merganser/id

Scientific:
Mergus serrator

Order:
Anseriformes
Family:
Anatidae
Genus:
Mergus

Danish: Toppet Skallesluger

Greenlandic: Miteq siorartooq, Paaq

Length: 20.1-25.2 in (51-64 cm)

Weight: 28.2-47.6 oz (800-1350 g)

Wingspan: 26.0-29.1 in (66-74 cm)

Stein Ø. Nilsen, XC384430. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/384430.

References:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018).   Mergus serrator. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=8DB64266A42FC19B

Craik, Shawn, John Pearce and Rodger D. Titman. 2015. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Sibley, D. A. (2014). The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, USA.

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