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Red-breasted Merganser

(Mergus serrator)

Red-breasted

Photo taken by David Cahlander

The Red-breasted Merganser was first counted in 1912 (count year 13) and the latest data we have is in 2011 (count year 112). It has been tallied 126 times in 31 locations. A total of 510 birds have been counted. The highest count was 32 birds enumerated in Duluth in 1990.

See a graph of the count numbers over time.



Documents
Rare Bird Form
Compiler's Log-on
Occurrence Maps

Summary Data
Locations

Rare Bird Documents


Data by Year (All Years)
1912, 1927, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Swans, Geese, and Ducks
Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose hybrid
hybrid Canada Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
chen sp.
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
goose sp.
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
swan sp.
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Hybrid Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
scaup sp.
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
goldeneye sp.
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
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