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The Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is a small sea duck, and is the only member of the genus Lophodytes ( Reichenbach, 1853).

Hooded Mergansers ducks have a crest at the back of the head which can be expanded or contracted. In adult males, this crest has a large white patch, the head is black and the sides are reddish brown. The adult female has a reddish crest, with much of the rest of the head and body a greyish brown. The Hooded Merganser has a sawbill but is not classified as a typical merganser.

Their breeding habitat is swamps and wooded ponds near the Great Lakes or on the Pacific coast of North America. They prefer to nest in tree cavities near water but will use Wood DuckWood Duck Pair : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Anseriformes : Anatidae Aix : sponsa Binomial name Aix sponsa Linnaeus, 1758) The Wood Duck Aix sponsa is a medium-sized perching duck. An adult is about three-quarters of the length of an adult Mallard. The a nesting boxes if available and unoccupied. They form pairs in early winter.

Hooded Mergansers are short distance migrantsLong-distance land bird migration Many species of land birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the southern he and winter in the southern United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in or on the south-central west coast of North America. Although they have occurred as vagrants to EuropeFor the band of the same name, see Europe (band . Europe is a continent forming the westermost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Se, this attractive speciesThis article discusses biological species. Also see combinatorial species for the mathematical meaning of the term. Species is also a movie by Roger Donaldson. In English "species" is both singular and plural. The word " specie" is unrelated and is used t is so common in collections that only a ringed bird would be likely to be accepted as anything other than an escape.

They feed by diving and swimming under water to collect small fish, crustaceans and aquatic insects.

Their population has declined as a result of hunting and loss of nesting habitat.