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Common Merganser -
(Mergus merganser) 

Identification

  • Male: whitish lower body, black back,     green head, red feet and bill 
  • Female: mostly grey, dark rufous head,     white chest and spot under chin square white wing patch
  • 25" (60 cm)

Habitat

  • Wooded ponds and lakes
  • Some rivers

Additional Information

  • Common migrant
  • Winters in Mexico

Male Common Merganser on pond

Female Common Merganser on pond

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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