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red-breasted merganser

red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) [female]
Photo © Rob Curtis, The Early Birder

red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) [male]
Photo © Rob Curtis, The Early Birder

Features and Behaviors

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Illinois Range

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae

Illinois Status: common, native

More information coming soon.