An immature female Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) preening itself by a small lake in Southern England

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Keywords: anatidae, animalia, anseriformes, aves, bird, captive, chinese, chordata, crest, female, immature, juvenile, merganser, mergus, red-legs, scaly-sided, sleeping, squamatus, wetlands, wild, wildlife, young