Species
Lophodytes cucullatus (Hooded merganser)
Lophodytes cucullatus. Photo: (c) Tim Harding, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
The hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is a species of small duck. 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. The bird is striking in appearance; both sexes have crests that they can raise or lower, and the breeding plumage of the male is handsomely patterned and coloured. The hooded merganser has a sawbill but is not classified as a
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Order: Anseriformes (Waterfowl)
- Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese, and swans)
- Genus: Lophodytes
- Species: Lophodytes cucullatus (Hooded merganser)
- Genus: Lophodytes
- Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese, and swans)
- Order: Anseriformes (Waterfowl)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)






























































