smew

bird
Also known as: Mergus albellus

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type of merganser

  • red-breasted merganser
    In merganser

    The smew (M. albellus) is a small, compact merganser with a short bill; it breeds from Scandinavia to Siberia and south to Turkestan and winters on lakes and streams south to the Mediterranean and Central Asia.

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