Hooded Merganser Freshwater Fan

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Scientific Name: Lophodytes cucullatus • Population: Unknown • Trend: Stable (Possibly Increasing) • Habitat: Freshwater and brackish ponds, marshes, swamps. • The Hooded Merganser is the only member of its genus, Lophodytes. This genus name derives from the Greek words lophos meaning crest and dutes meaning diver — an apt description of this small diving duck with the conspicuous fan-shaped crest. • The Hooded Merganser is the smallest of the three North American merganser species (the other two are the Common and Red-breasted Mergansers), and the only one that breeds exclusively in North America. A male Hoodie in breeding plumage is a striking sight, with a snow-white, fan-shaped crest bordered in black; black-and-white-striped chest and back; bright yellow eyes; and rust-colored sides. Females and immatures are brown with a tawny hood and dark eyes. • As a species that pursues its prey underwater, the Hooded Merganser needs excellent eyesight to forage effectively. Which adaptations allow it superiority while submerged? • Find out at: https://abcbirds.org/bird/hooded-merg... • Video clips: Don DesJardin and Jay McGowan, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (201788341 and 474918)

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