
Identification 12-14". Blue-gray above, white below, with long, daggerlike bill and bushy crest; white collar about neck and broad blue-gray band across breast; female also has rufous band crossing upper abdomen.
Voice A loud, long, dry rattle.
Habitat Rivers, lakes, and seashores.
Range Breeds in much of Alaska and S. Canada, south through United States; absent from deserts of the Southwest. Winters along coasts from Great Lakes through Mississippi Valley; also farther south.
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