– very small anatid, about the size of a Eurasian Teal<\/a> >> VISUAL ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n >> AUCOUSTIC ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n – usually nonvocal during migration<\/p>\n >> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>><\/strong> #waterbird #passerine<\/p>\n #ornithology #birdmigration #birdID #birdguide #birding #birdwatching #birdsound #westernpalearctic #europe #vismig #flightcalls #middleeast #northernafrica #workinprogress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" >> GENERAL >>>>> – very small anatid, about the size of a Eurasian Teal – diurnal migrant (probably nocturnal as well) – migrates singly or in flocks in formation >> VISUAL ID >>>>> Smew Mergellus albellus, M F BREED TRANS BIF3482, 21\/01\/2021, Blankensee, Germany, Patrick Franke – M strikingly black-and-white – M and F with … Continue reading Smew
\n– diurnal migrant (probably nocturnal as well)
\n– migrates singly or in flocks in formation<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BIF3482_210121_PFR_smew_M_F-2CY_DSC05572d_blankensee-1024x683.jpg\"){kind=spacer}
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\nSmew Mergellus albellus<\/em>, M F BREED TRANS<\/strong>
\nBIF3482, 21\/01\/2021, Blankensee, Germany, Patrick Franke
\n– M strikingly black-and-white
\n– M and F with generally the same upperwing pattern – but note broader white trailing edge to the secondaries in F<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BIF3483_210121_PFR_smew_M_F-2CY_DSC05566-1d_blankensee-1024x683.jpg\"){kind=spacer}
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\nSmew Mergellus albellus<\/em>, M F BREED TRANS<\/strong>
\nBIF3483, 21\/01\/2021, Blankensee, Germany, Patrick Franke
\n– F with uniform greyish brown upperside and rufous-brown head with contrasting white chin and throat
\n– comparatively short and weak bill<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BIF3484_MPU_I1Q2030_140530_smew_M-F_mngl_buir-nuur_PFR.jpg\")
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\nSmew Mergellus albellus<\/em>, M F<\/strong>
\nBIF3485, 30\/04\/2012, Buir Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
\n– largely white underside, lesser and median underwing coverts contrasting to black greater underwing coverts and remiges<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BIF3485_MPU_I1Q2031_140530_smew-M-F_mngl_buir-nuur_PFR.jpg\")
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\nSmew Mergellus albellus<\/em>, M F<\/strong>
\nBIF3485, 30\/04\/2012, Buir Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BIF2774_RNE_31102017_CGoldeneye-M_Smew-NBREED_d_Kuehlungsborn.jpg\")
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\nSmew Mergellus albellus<\/em> (second from right)<\/strong>
\nCommon Goldeneye Bucephala clangula<\/em>, M BREED<\/strong>
\nBIF2774, 31\/10\/2017, K\u00fchlungsborn, Germany, Roland Neumann
\n– tiny compared to the Goldeneyes<\/p>\n
\nCommon Scoter<\/a> (v)
\nBlack Scoter (v)
\nCommon Goldeneye<\/a> (v)
\nBarrow’s Goldeneye (v)<\/p>\n
Mergellus albellus<\/em><\/span>