Male Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus
The only extant species in the genus Lophodytes and this name derives from the Greek language meaning 'crest'. Fond of ponds and rivers where they can be seen diving for fish, crayfish and other aquatic food seizing it in their serrated bills. These Merganser ducks will nest in tree cavities with the young ducklings departing with a leap to the forest floor after when only one day old. Unlike the male with his black and white crest, reddish brown flanks and a white breast the female has a cinnamon colour crest and gray-brown body.
Male Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus
The only extant species in the genus Lophodytes and this name derives from the Greek language meaning 'crest'. Fond of ponds and rivers where they can be seen diving for fish, crayfish and other aquatic food seizing it in their serrated bills. These Merganser ducks will nest in tree cavities with the young ducklings departing with a leap to the forest floor after when only one day old. Unlike the male with his black and white crest, reddish brown flanks and a white breast the female has a cinnamon colour crest and gray-brown body.