Species profile
Scaly-sided Merganser
Mergus squamatus
Quick answer
Manchuria and extreme se Siberia; winters to s China
- Scientific name
- Mergus squamatus
- Family
- Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Genus
- Mergus
- Conservation status
- Endangered
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