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Common Merganser (female)

Mergus merganser

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Description:

16 inch long duck with long skinny red beek, a great orange woodpecker -like mohawk and grey downy feathers.

Habitat:

Central Park Zoo

1 Species ID Suggestions

Noah Ranger +2
KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago
Red breasted merganser
Mergus serrator Red-breasted Merganser


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8 Comments

Ariana
Ariana 12 years ago

Thank you do much Atul, Bong and Sachin!

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Beautiful..

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Atul
Atul 12 years ago

lovely spotting !!

Bong Ambutong
Bong Ambutong 12 years ago

Nice capture Ariana, excellent.

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Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Karen must saw this cute bird..so suggested perfect ID..

Ariana
Ariana 12 years ago

Thanks for setting me on the right track, I'm not sure if it is a red breasted or a common merganser. I thought common looked a little more like it. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Commo...

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Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Nice spotting..!!

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KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Female Merganser - nice shot!

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Ariana
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Ariana

NYC, New York, USA

Spotted on Sep 15, 2011
Submitted on Sep 15, 2011

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