Common Merganser

Mergus merganser

Order

ANSERIFORMES

Family

Geese and Ducks (Anatidae)

Code 4

COME

Code 6

MERMER

ITIS

Common Merganser Female - The female Common Merganser has a gray body, and a bright chestnut, crested head and neck. The breast and chin are white.

Common Merganser 1st Spring - The male first spring Common Merganser resembles the female but has a brown-chestnut head and neck, mottled black and white chin patch and a black ring separating the chestnut neck from a white breast.

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Bird Call Credits: The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Martyn Stewart, http://www.naturesound.org, Redmond, Washington USA. The reuse or copying of bird calls in this database is strictly forbidden2.