# Red-breasted Merganser female (Mergus serrator), Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, USA

- By: Chuck Homler d/b/a Focus On Wildlife
- Date: 2025-03-01
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: Own work Focus On Wildlife
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red-breasted_Merganser_female_(Mergus_serrator),_Barnegat_Inlet,_New_Jersey,_USA.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/3/3b/Red-breasted_Merganser_female_%28Mergus_serrator%29%2C_Barnegat_Inlet%2C_New_Jersey%2C_USA.jpg/1920px-Red-breasted_Merganser_female_%28Mergus_serrator%29%2C_Barnegat_Inlet%2C_New_Jersey%2C_USA.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A hen Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) has an arrow-like shape in flight, at Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, USA.