Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
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About the Hooded Merganser
Small diving duck with thin serrated bill. Breeding males have showy black-and-white crest, a couple zebra stripes on the white breast, and cinnamon-colored sides. Females are brown with a puffy crest and partly yellow bill. Looks slender and long-necked in flight, with very fast wingbeats. Widespread across much of North America, but usually only seen in pairs or small flocks. Nests in cavities near small ponds or marshes; especially fond of wooded swamps. In winter, usually found on calm bodies of water; almost never on the ocean. Sometimes mixes loosely with other duck species.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 45 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Guadeloupe
- Haiti
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Martinique
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Slovakia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
