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[[Image:Red-breasted_Merganser.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by soenke]] | [[Image:Red-breasted_Merganser.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by soenke]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
+ | L. 52-58 cm<br/> | ||
+ | W. 67-82 cm | ||
+ | Long, thin red bill with serrated edges | ||
+ | ====Adult Male==== | ||
+ | *Dark head with a green sheen | ||
+ | *White neck with | ||
+ | *Rusty breast | ||
+ | *Black back | ||
+ | *White underparts | ||
+ | ====Adult Female==== | ||
+ | *Rusty head | ||
+ | *Greyish body | ||
+ | ====Juvenile==== | ||
+ | Like the female, but lack the white collar and have a smaller white wing patch. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[North America]], [[Greenland]], [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. | [[North America]], [[Greenland]], [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
This is a diving duck. The diet is mainly small fish, aquatic insects and frogs. | This is a diving duck. The diet is mainly small fish, aquatic insects and frogs. | ||
− | == | + | ==Voice== |
+ | The call of the female is ''prak prrak'' | ||
<flashmp3>Mergus serrator (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Mergus serrator (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media:Mergus serrator (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Mergus serrator (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' |
Revision as of 22:24, 29 December 2007
- Mergus serrator
Identification
L. 52-58 cm
W. 67-82 cm
Long, thin red bill with serrated edges
Adult Male
- Dark head with a green sheen
- White neck with
- Rusty breast
- Black back
- White underparts
Adult Female
- Rusty head
- Greyish body
Juvenile
Like the female, but lack the white collar and have a smaller white wing patch.
Distribution
North America, Greenland, Europe and Asia.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Freshwater lakes and rivers.
Behaviour
This is a diving duck. The diet is mainly small fish, aquatic insects and frogs.
Voice
The call of the female is prak prrak
<flashmp3>Mergus serrator (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program