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Anon. 2009. Large-scale plans. Waterlife: 38-39.

Barter, M., Zhuang, X., Wang, X., Cao, L., Lei, J., Solovyeva, D., and Fox, A .D. Abundance and distribution of wintering Scaly-sided Mergansers Mergus squamatus in China: where are the missing birds? Bird Conserv. Int. 24 : 406 - 415.

BirdLife International. 2001. Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Cao, L. & Barter, M. 2013. Non-breeding season surveys for Scaly-sided Mergansers in Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces, China. TWSG News 16 December: 35-37.

Cao, L. and Barter, M. 2008. Non-breeding season survey for Scaly-sided Mergansers in Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi Provinces. University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei.

Cranswick, P. 2010. Conservation of the Scaly-sided Merganser in Far East Russia. WWT Conservation Report 2008-2009: 33.

Cranswick, P. 2011. Earning our stripes. Waterlife: 38-41.

Duckworth, J.W.; Kim Chol. 2005. Scaly-sided Mergansers Mergus squamatus on the lower Chongchon River, central Korea. Wildfowl 55: 133-141.

East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership. 2016 . Scaly-sided Merganser Task Force. Available at: http://www.eaaflyway.net/our-activities/task-forces/scaly-sided-merganser/.

Fen-qi, H., Jian-sheng, L., Bin, Y., Hang-dong, J. and Ho-Fai, C. 2006. Current distribution and status of the wintering Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus in China. Chinese Journal of Zoology 41: 52-56.

General Motors Green. 2015. Endangered Ducks in China Find Refuge in Chevrolet Volt Battery Covers. Available at: http://www.generalmotors.green/product/public/us/en/GMGreen/resource_preservation.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/gm_green/2015/0729-merganser.html.

He Fen-Qi.; Melville, D.; Gui Xau-Jie.; Hong Yuan-Hua.; Liu, Zhi-Yong. 2002. Status of the Scaly-sided Merganser wintering in mainland China in the 1990s. Waterbirds 25: 462-464.

Moores, N. 2008. The Korean Grand Canal: another huge threat to the region's wetlands and waterbirds. BirdingASIA: 48-53.

Moores, N.; Kim, A.; Park, M.-N.; Kim, S.-A. 2010. The anticipated impacts of thre Four Rivers Project (ROK) on waterbirds: Birds Korea preliminary report.

Partnership for the East Asian-Australasian flyway. 2008. Scaly-sided Merganser. Available at: file:///W:/3%20Species%20new%20info/Mergus%20squamatus/Mergus%20squamatus%20EAAFP%20Mar13.htm.

Peiqi Liu; Feng Li; Huidong Song; Qiang Wang; Yuwen Song; Yusen Liu; Zhengji Piao. 2010. A survey to the distribution of the Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) in Changbai Mountain range (China side). Chinese Birds 1(2): 148-155.

Solovyera, D. 2013. Real stories of poaching of the Scaly-sided Merganser. TWSG News 16, December: 38-39.

Solovyeva, D. V. and Pearce, J. M. 2011. Comparative mitochondrial genetics of North American and Eurasian mergansers with an emphasis on the endangered scaly-sided merganser (Mergus squamatus). Conservation Genetics 12: 839-844.

Solovyeva, D. V., Afanasiev, V., Fox, J. W., Shokhrin, V. and Fox, A. D. In press. Previously unknown Chinese and Korean scaly-sided merganser wintering sites revealed by geolocators.

Solovyeva, D. V., Liu, P., Antonov, A. I., Averin, A. A., Pronkevich, V. V., Shokhrin, V. P., Vartanyan, S. L. and Cranswick, P. A. 2014. The population size and breeding range of the Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus. Bird Conserv. Int. 24: 393 - 405.

Solovyeva, D., Newton, J., Hobson, K., Fox, J. W., Afanasyev, V. and Fox, A. D. 2014b. Marine moult migration of the freshwater Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus revealed by stable isotopes and geolocators. Ibis 156: 466–471.

Solovyeva, D., Vartanyan, S., & Vartanyan, N. 2013. Artificial nest sites for Scaly-sided Merganser – a way to breeding habitat restoration. Amurian Zoological Journal 5: 201–207.

Solovyeva, D.; Shokhrin, V.; Vartanyan, S.; Dondua, A.; Vartanyan, N. 2006. Scaly-sided Merganser surveys in Primorye, Russia, 2003-05. TWSG News: 60-69.

Yu Chang-Hao; Sun Zhi-Yong; Wang Zhi-Ru. 2008. Winter distribution of Chinese Merganser in Jiangxi. China Crane News 12(1): 35-36.

Zeng, Q., Zhang, J., Li, H., Lu, K., and Lei, G. 2013. The first record of a ringed Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus at a wintering site in southern China. BirdingASIA 19: 57-58.

Zeng, Q., Zhang, Y., Sun, G., Duo, H., Wen, L. and Lei, G. 2015. Using Species Distribution Model to Estimate the Wintering Population Size of the Endangered Scaly-Sided Merganser in China. PLoS ONE 10: e0117307.

IUCN SSC Duck Specialist Group

IUCN SSC Threatened Waterfowl Specialist Group

Detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001).

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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/scaly-sided-merganser-mergus-squamatus on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.