Hooded Merganser

Lophodytes cucullatus

Order

ANSERIFORMES

Family

Geese and Ducks (Anatidae)

Code 4

HOME

Code 6

LOPCUC

ITIS

175183

Hooded Merganser - The male Hooded Merganser has a black head, neck, back, and chestnut flanks. The underparts are white with two black bars on the sides of the breast. A distinct crest shows a large white patch when raised and a white stripe extending backwards from the e

Hooded Merganser Female - The female Hooded Merganser is brown overall with a bushy brown crest, gray upper breast and flanks and white markings on the wings. The upper bill is dark brown and the lower bill is dark yellow.

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