Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Hooded Merganser)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLophodytes cucullatus (Hooded Merganser)
FamilyANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)
OrderANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Lophodytes cucullatus (Hooded Merganser) :
1: Lophodytes cucullatus (Hooded Merganser)
5 Apr 2015 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male
Image 1: Male - divingImage 2: Male - on water - displaying (1)Image 3: Male - on water - displaying (2)Image 4: Male - on water - displaying (3)Image 5: Male - on water - lateral viewImage 6: Male - on water - lateral view (2)
2: Lophodytes cucullatus (Hooded Merganser)
31 Dec 2014 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on water
Image 1: Male - anterior viewImage 2: Male - crest slightly raised - anterior viewImage 3: Male - crest slightly raised - front thrree-quarter viewImage 4: Male - front three-quarter viewImage 5: Male - front three-quarter view (2)Image 6: Male - front thrree-quarter viewImage 7: Male - head under waterImage 8: Male - lateral viewImage 9: Male - lateral view (2)Image 10: Male - lateral view (3)Image 11: Male - rear three-quarter viewImage 12: Male - snorkellingImage 13: Male - starting a dive
3: Lophodytes cucullatus (Hooded Merganser)
3 Dec 2014 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Image 1: Male - anterior viewImage 2: Male - antero-dorsal viewImage 3: Male - antero-dorsal view (2)Image 4: Male - flapping wingsImage 5: Male - front three-quarter viewImage 6: Male - front three-quarter view (2)Image 7: Male - lateral viewImage 8: Male - lateral view (2)Image 9: Male - lateral view (3)Image 10: Male - lateral view (4)Image 11: Male - with head under wing
4: Lophodytes cucullatus (Hooded Merganser)
24 Jan 2010 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male
Image 1: Male - front three-quarter viewImage 2: Male - front three-quarter view (2)Image 3: Male - front three-quarter view (3)Image 4: Male - front three-quarter view (4)Image 5: Male - front viewImage 6: Male Hooded Merganser among Tufted Ducks and Mallards at feeding stationImage 7: Male - rear viewImage 8: Male - rear view (2)

Lophodytes cucullatus (Hooded Merganser) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lophodytes cucullatus (Hooded Merganser)
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