Named for Mergus albellus, or smew. {It belongs to the family of the Anatidae. The bird does not breed in the Netherlands, but stays there during the winter.} (M 33791; M 34089) _ _.
Discovered on 29-9-1973 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.