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Brazilian merganser | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Genus: | Mergus |
Species: | M. octosetaceus
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Binomial name | |
Mergus octosetaceus Vieillot, 1817
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The Brazilian merganser (Mergus octosetaceus) is a South American diving duck in the Mergus genus. It is one of the most threatened waterfowl species in the world, with possibly fewer than 250 birds in the wild and a small number kept in captivity in Brazil.[1] It has a long, sharp-edged beak with a great number of tooth-like edges.