#0796 · 🐦 birds

Hooded Merganser

🇳🇱 Kokardezaagbek ·Lophodytes cucullatus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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what is it?

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.

base stats

NL sightings 25iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 82,363iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).