Bird

Scaly-sided Merganser Facts Mergus squamatus

BirdCarnivore

Diet: Birds tend to move upriver during the day, both when startled and when foraging; the latter is probably because stirred-up sediments will alert and hide prey downstream.

Classification

Family: Anatidae. Order: Anseriformes.

What Do Scaly-sided Mergansers Eat?

Diet classification: Carnivore. Recorded foods: Birds tend to move upriver during the day, both when startled and when foraging; the latter is probably because stirred-up sediments will alert and hide prey downstream.

Scaly-sided Merganser Conservation Status

Scaly-sided Merganser is listed here as Endangered. Protecting habitat, maintaining healthy prey or food sources, and reducing human pressure are important parts of conserving wild populations.

Quick facts

Diet: Carnivore
Weight: 1.23 kg

Fun facts

Food is caught with the serrated beak from among the riverbed gravel.
The birds are not very social during breeding period and they gather in small groups in autumn and winter.
The food of M. squamatus consists of aquatic arthropods, frogs and small to medium-sized fish.

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