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Hooded Merganser
| Color: |
Black, Brown |
| Size: |
18" |
| Season: |
Year-round |
| Description: |
A small, crested duck with a narrow saw-edged bill designed for catching and holding fish. Male has a contrasting white crest on a black head. The female's crest is brown. Crests can be raised or lowered. |
| Voice: |
Females quack. During courtship males give a snoring ah-waaah followed by a pop.
Click here to listen |
| Habitat: |
Wooded ponds, lakes, flooded forests, swamps, and other slow-moving bodies of water. |
| Interesting Fact: |
Some female Hooded Mergansers avoid laying all their eggs in one basket by laying some of their eggs in other females' nests. This is a form of parasitism known as dump-nesting. Hooded Mergansers parasitize, and are parasitized by, other cavity nesting ducks including the Wood Duck. |
| Scientific name: |
Lophodytes cucullatus |
| Order: |
Anseriformes |
| Family: |
Anatidae |
Female and male Howard Eskin |
Female Ron Howard |
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