The Red-breasted Merganser is a large, slim, and long-bodied diving duck with a fairly long neck and a long, thin, serrated bill.
A shaggy crest of feathers gives the head a distinctive profile.
Breeding males have a cinnamon chest, a white neck band, and a shaggy green head. Female and nonbreeding males are brownish gray overall with a brownish chin, a dingy breast, and a brown shaggy head. In flight both sexes have a prominent white lower wing panel. Cornell All About Birds
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