Summary ³

L 18” Wt. 1.4lb
Description: The Hooded Merganser is small and long bodied. It can be seen with its tail up when swimming. Its call is a purring croak. The hood on the males can be flat or rounded. They have a sharp serrated beak.

Habitat: Found on fresh or salt water surrounded by trees.

Fun Facts: When the ducklings are only one day old, they throw themselves out of the tree cavity where they nest and onto the forest floor.

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2. (c) Henry T. McLin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/95014738@N00/355334429
3. Adapted by islandstewards from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lophodytes_cucullatus

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• All About Birds-- The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• CalPhotos
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• VertNet
• Xeno-canto

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