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Red-breasted merganser (female)

Mergus serrator

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Description:

The size of the female is a bit smaller than a mallard duck. With brown, black, white, grey, cream/buff feathers, reddish head with a back crest.
The beak is long, thin, and red/pink colored.
It dives to catch fish.

Habitat:

River in Pitlochry, Scotland.

Reference Links:

Red-breasted Merganser, The RSPB: Red-breasted merganser

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