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Red-breasted Merganser

Mergus serrator

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Anatidae

The red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) is a duck species that is native to much of the temperate to subarctic Northern Hemisphere. The red breast that gives the species its common name is only displayed by males in breeding plumage. Individuals fly rapidly, and feed by diving from the surface to pursue aquatic animals underwater, using serrated bills to capture slippery fish.

Distribution

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Netherlands · 71,816United Kingdom · 33,851Germany · 5,671France · 3,821Spain · 2,583Italy · 2,240Switzerland · 789Belgium · 326Luxembourg · 4