Mergus serrator (Red-breasted merganser)

The Red-breasted Merganser winters mostly on salt water, but individuals are regularly recorded in migration or over the winter at inland sites.

Park records (Stupka 1963) are from the West Prong of the Little Pigeon River just north of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, on the park Spur (November 1940) and a partial carcass recovered from a Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) nest near Alum Cave Bluffs in May of 1931.

References:
Stupka, A. 1963. Notes on the Birds of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.
Gough, G. A., Sauer, J. R., Iliff, M. Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter. 1998. Version 97.1. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.

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Kingdom:
Animalia

Phylum:
Chordata

Class:
Aves

Order:
Anseriformes

Family:
Anatidae

Elevation Distribution:
Phenology

Park Sensitive Species? No

Taxon Authority:
Linnaeus

Information Page for Mergus serrator (Red-breasted merganser)

References:Stupka, A. 1963. Notes on the Birds of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.Gough, G. A., Sauer, J. R., Iliff, M. Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter. 1998. Version 97.1. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.

References:
Stupka, A. 1963. Notes on the Birds of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.
Gough, G. A., Sauer, J. R., Iliff, M. Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter. 1998. Version 97.1. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.