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The hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is a species of fish-eating duck in the subfamily Anatinae. 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'.
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The female lays 6–17 (most often 8–12) white to yellowish eggs, and raises one brood in a season. The ducklings are taken by their mother on her back to rivers or lakes immediately after hatching, where they feed on freshwater invertebrates and small fish fry, fledging when 60–70 days old.
The scaly-sided merganser or "Chinese merganser" (M. squamatus) is an endangered species. It lives in temperate East Asia, breeding in the north and wintering in the south. The hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus, formerly known as Mergus cucullatus) is not of this genus but is closely related.
Hooded merganser; R. Red-breasted merganser; S. Smew This page was last edited on 26 May 2009, at 21:48 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Pilling gained international fame when in 1955 the International Wild Waterfowl Association (IWWA) [4] recognized him as the first to breed the hooded merganser in captivity. He received the female merganser as an injured duck, nursed her to health and then found a male partner for her.
Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) A – rare vagrant Goosander (Mergus merganser) A – resident breeder and winter visitor Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) A – resident breeder and winter visitor Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) C – introduced species currently subject to an eradication programme