Female Red-breasted merganser on Rondeau Bay.
Yet another of the ducks we saw last Tuesday. Mergus serrator The Red-breasted Merganser breeds farther north and winters farther south than the other American mergansers.
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Faster than Donald Duck.
Female red breasted merganser at Erieau, Ontario. While we took a break from looking for the hawk Tuesday. Mergus serrator The fastest duck ever recorded was a red-breasted merganser that attained a top airspeed of 100 mph while being pursued by an airplane. This eclipsed the previous speed record held by a canvasback clocked at 72 mph. source ducks unlimited.