Hooded Merganser Identification - All About Birds
网页Hooded Mergansers are small ducks with a thin bill and a fan-shaped, collapsible crest that makes the head look oversized and oblong. In flight, the wings are thin and the tail is relatively long and rounded.
Hooded merganser - Wikipedia
网页The hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is a species of fish-eating duck in the subfamily Anatinae. It is the only extant species in the genus Lophodytes. The genus name derives from the Greek language: lophos meaning 'crest', and dutes meaning 'diver'.
Hooded Merganser - All About Birds
网页“Hooded” is something of an understatement for this extravagantly crested little duck. Adult males are a sight to behold, with sharp black-and-white patterns set off by chestnut flanks. Females get their own distinctive elegance from their cinnamon crest.
Hooded Merganser | Audubon Field Guide
网页The Hooded is the smallest of our three native merganser species, and often seems to be the least numerous, as it tends to live around swamps and wooded ponds where it may be overlooked.
Hooded Merganser - American Bird Conservancy
网页The Hooded Merganser is an expert fisher-bird, wielding its narrow, serrated bill to grasp slippery quarry. Unlike other mergansers, which primarily eat fish, it augments its diet with aquatic insects, small frogs and tadpoles, plant material, and …
Hooded Merganser - eBird
网页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.
Hooded Merganser Life History - All About Birds
网页A Miracle of Abundance as 20,000 Whimbrel Take Refuge on a Tiny Island. “Hooded” is something of an understatement for this extravagantly crested little duck. Adult males are a sight to behold, with sharp black-and-white patterns set off by chestnut flanks.
Hooded Merganser | John James Audubon's Birds of America
网页Excepting the Smew or White Nun, the Hooded Merganser is the handsomest of its family. Its broad and rounded crest of pure white, with an edging of jetty black, and which it closes or spreads out at pleasure, renders the male of this species conspicuous on the waters to which it resorts.
Hooded Merganser - ID, Facts, Diet, Habit & More | Birdzilla
网页2023年3月8日 · Hooded Mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus) are small, crested ducks known for their striking appearance, with the male sporting a distinctive black and white hood and the female a cinnamon-brown crest. They are skilled divers and feed primarily on small fish, insects, and crustaceans found in shallow wetlands, ponds, and streams.
Hooded Merganser - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on ... - Animalia
网页The Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is a fish-eating duck from North America. It is the second smallest species of merganser, with only the smew of Europe and Asia being smaller, and it also is the only merganser whose native habitat is restricted to North America.
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