The smew was recently sighted for the first time in the Kaziranga during the 7th Waterbird Count at Rowmari-Donduwa beels (Laokhowa) buffer of Kaziranga Tiger Reserve sites.
About Smew:
It is a small diving duck.
Scientific Name: Mergellus albellus
Habitat and Distribution:
Smews breed in the northern taiga of Europe and the Palearctic.
They need trees for breeding and prefer to live on fish-rich lakes and slow rivers.
Smews spend winters on sheltered coasts or inland lakes of the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, northern Germany, and the Low Countries, with a small number reaching Great Britain.
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