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water birds in Lake Como, Italy in March 09? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter sandrinhalee
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In Europe 1+ 3 Goosander.
Only in the UK; in Italy it’s Smergo maggiore
Perhaps but as the OP speaks English, I'm guessing they want an English name for this bird. Common Merganser being a different race that occurs in North America. Goosander is certainly the name in an British field guide to European birds!
Indeed she does, & lives in Texas where the name for Mergus merganser is “Common Merganser”.
sandrinhalee
bird happy
Thanks everyone! What is the difference between a goosander and a common merganser?
Same species, different labels. Common Merganser is the North American name, Goosander, the UK (& the name in all or most English language field guides covering the continent of Europe).
It's a bit of an old post but, came across it looking up Lake Como items. This may help http://www.bto.org/about-birds/bird-id/bto-bird-id-goosander-and-red-breasted-merganser
