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GänsesägerGoosander, bird that measures up to about 70 cm, with a long and narrow red hooked beak, greyish white plumage and red-brown head; during the breeding season the male´s underparts are white and its head is black with iridescent green; lives near rivers and lakes that are rich in fish; the only breeding colony of Central Europe is in the Pre-alps of Upper Austria and Salzburg, normally a Nordic bird.
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