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Male:
Striking light and dark markings
Head has crest with large white central patch
Thin all-black bill |
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Female:
Brown body
Distinct crest on head
Thin bill |
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Quick Check
A small diving bird with a large crest and thin bill.
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Habitat: Freshwater
Feeding:
Surface Diver
Hunts the weedy water near cattail beds in Stanley Park.
Eats mostly fish and aquatic invertebrates but a male Hooded Merganser regularly comes to handouts of seed on Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park.
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