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Mergus serrator

Photo by soenke

[edit] Identification

L. 52-58 cm
W. 67-82 cm Long, thin red bill with serrated edges

[edit] Adult Male

• Dark head with a green sheen
• White neck with
• Rusty breast
• Black back
• White underparts

[edit] Adult Female

• Rusty head
• Greyish body

[edit] Juvenile

Like the female, but lack the white collar and have a smaller white wing patch.

[edit] Distribution

North America, Greenland, Europe and Asia.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Freshwater lakes and rivers.

[edit] Behaviour

This is a diving duck. The diet is mainly small fish, aquatic insects and frogs.

[edit] Voice

The call of the female is prak prrak

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