Smew:
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.
- It is a small diving duck.
- Scientific Name: Mergellus albellus
- 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.
- Conservation Status:
- IUCN Red List: Least Concern
