Hooded Merganser
Scientific name: Lophodytes cucullatus
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes ...
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
A small fish-eating duck of wooded ponds, the hooded merganser nests in holes in trees. It is frequently seen on shallow
waters where its only waterfowl companion is the wood duck.
Hooded merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
Identification Tips:
Length: 13 inches Wingspan: 26 inches
Small, compact diving duck
Long, pointed bill with serrated edges
Erectile, fan-like crest extends from back of head
Dark bill and wings ...
Hooded Merganser Photo
This photo was taken on November 9th, 2002 at Lake Yankton below Gavin's Point Dam. Taken by digiscoping, with Swarovski AT80 HD scope and Nikon Coolpix 4500 camera.
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Hooded Merganser ( Lophodytes cucullatus )
Hooded Merganser (Female), Haynes Park, Oak Bay, Near Victoria, British Columbia
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details) ...
The Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is a diving duck which breeds across much of the eastern United States and Canada. The first 2 shots of a female on this page were taken at Buzzard Swamp, Allegheny National Forest, Forest Co.
Hooded Merganser: Small merganser with black head, neck, and back, and white underparts with two black bars on side of breast; flanks are red-brown.
Hooded Mergansers are found in the forested areas of eastern North America, with the densest concentrations around the Great Lakes. Another population breeds in the forested Pacific Northwest. In between, they occur mainly as migrants, if at all.
Hooded Mergansers are highly sexually dimorphic. Both sexes have a bushy erectile crest of head feathers which forms the distinctive "hood". In breeding males this hood has a large central white patch boldly bordered in black.
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Hooded Merganser Sounds ...
Hooded mergansers nest 10 to 20 feet off the ground in hollow trees.
Here at the Zoo
The Cypress Swamp in our 1904 Flight Cage is home to our hooded mergansers.
RangeThe hooded merganser breeds from southern Alaska south to Oregon and Montana and from Manitoba and Nova Scotia, Canada south to Arkansas and northern Alabama.
Hooded Merganser
(Lophodytes cucullatus)
Status: Winter Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2011
Breeding Status:-
1992 to 1996: Possible but not likely
2002 to 2006: Confirmed ...
THE HOODED MERGANSER.
[Hooded Merganser.]
MERGUS CUCULLATUS, Linn.
[Lophodytes cucullatus.] ...
Hooded mergansers help maintain fish and amphibian populations.
Though not listed as endangered, the future for this species may not be optimistic. Forest destruction and stream water pollution has reduced their breeding grounds.
Hooded Mergansers
It's always good birding to find the more reclusive or less common birds. And then it's equally rewarding to find and watch beautiful birds. Hooded Mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus) fill the bill on both accounts.
Hooded Merganser
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Red-breasted Merganser
Winter Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus. Occasional breeder. Fairly common in winter, spring, and fall, and rare in summer in all regions.
The Hooded Merganser sometimes breeds in Florida, nesting in a high tree cavity near water. It may use a nest box. The more common Red-breasted Merganser is usually found in coastal areas but has also established in scattered inland areas.
The Hooded Merganser is listed as Endangered in Kentucky. It is not very common throughout the remainder of the Southeast, but it s not listed as requiring any special conservation protection in any other state.
Similar Species ...
Male and female Hooded Mergansers in NYC
Tags: mergansers, seaducks, waterfowl
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I was looking for Hooded Mergansers here at Old Sam's Pond in Manasquan, NJ. It was quite amazing for me to finally see a Belted Kingfisher so up close and personal! I love their sound. I did note that every time he sang, his tail raised up.
Unhatched eggs--Wood duck eggs look like small chicken eggs, hooded merganser eggs look like ping pong balls.
Down feathers, shell fragments, and papery-looking white membrane are signs of a successful hatch.
Black Duck (1300) Mallard (150) Green-winged Teal (1) Greater Scaup (27) Common Eider (160) Surf Scoter (6) White-winged Scoter (65) Black Scoter (20) Oldsquaw (160) Bufflehead (170) Common Goldeneye (90) Hooded Merganser (17)-harbor.
Other hybrid ducks, including Northern Pintail x Mallard, Ruddy Duck x White-headed Duck, Ruddy Shelduck x Common Shelduck, White-faced whistling duck x Plumed Whistling Duck, Baikal teal x Northern Pintail, Hooded merganser x Smew, ...
Merganser Ducks: Common Merganser ... Hooded Merganser
Masked Ducks
Mexican Ducks (Puddle Ducks) ...
Look closely in the ponds to see a variety of ducks, including buffleheads, canvasbacks, blue-winged teals, wood ducks and hooded mergansers.
Turtles ...
Plumed Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna eytoni) February 2001
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) February 2001
Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis) March 2002
White-winged Duck (Cairina scutulata) March 2002
Hooded Merganser (Mergus cucullatus) March 2002 ...
They include the goosander and the smaller red-breasted merganser, both circumpolar in distribution, and the North American hooded merganser, similar to the Old World smew.
Mergus albellus - Smew
Mergus serrator - Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus merganser - Common Merganser (photo)
Mergus cucullatus - Hooded Merganser
Oxyura
Oxyura leucocephala - White-headed Duck ...
 See also: Merganser, Duck, Wood Duck, Goldeneye, Mallard
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