Ducks, Geese, Swans

Smew

Mergellus albellus

The Smew (Mergellus albellus) is a 609 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Ducks, Geese, Swans

Order

Anseriformes

Weight

609 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

42

Recorded in Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Belgium, United Kingdom, Germany, Estonia, Japan, France, Russia, China, Poland, Republic of Korea, Czechia, Ukraine, United States, Bulgaria, Austria, Hungary, Turkey, Lithuania, Taiwan, Slovakia, Serbia, Romania, Belarus, Spain, Switzerland, India, Åland, Mongolia, Latvia, Greece, Canada, Italy, Kazakhstan, Croatia, Iran, Slovenia, Ireland.

Where to see it: Ekeby våtmark (Sweden); Hrušovská zdrž (Slovakia); Haeska linnuvaatlustorn ja ümbrus (Estonia); 서산 · 간월호(Seosan · Ganwol Lake/Seosan Lake A-General Area**please consider using more specific locations**) (Republic of Korea); Rason Lake (Dem. Rep. Korea).

Photo: (c) Griha Hasanov, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist