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Common Merganser Sounds

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Display (North American)
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New York, May 17, 2020Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
Calls (North American)
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New York, May 23, 2020Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
Calls (North American)
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New York, May 17, 2020Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
Calls (Eurasian)
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Västra Götalands län [SE-14], June 26, 2011Recorded by Patrik Åberg / Macaulay Library

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Calls

Common Mergansers are usually silent, but females make a high, rapid cro cro cro to call ducklings from the nest, and give harsh gruk calls when threatened by predators. Males give hoarse calls when alarmed and bell-like or twanging calls during courtship.

Other Sounds

Their wings can make a hollow, rushing sound in flight.

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