Female Hooded Merganser
by Shoal Hollingsworth
Title
Female Hooded Merganser
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Shoal Hollingsworth
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
A female Hooded Merganser swimming along in Palm Springs California. Hooded Mergansers are small ducks with a thin bill and a fan-shaped, collapsible crest that makes the head look oversized and oblong. The hooded merganser, lophodytes cucullatus, is a species of merganser. 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 colored. The hooded merganser has a sawbill but is not classified as a typical merganser.
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January 7th, 2017
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