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From 1966 – 2015, the hooded merganser experienced a >1.5% yearly population increase throughout its breeding range. [ 12 ] For preference the hooded merganser lives on small bodies of water such as ponds and small estuaries where there is ample emergent aquatic vegetation , but it also inhabits larger wetlands, impoundments, flooded timber ...
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.
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.
The common merganser (North American) or goosander (Eurasian) (Mergus merganser) is a large sea duck of rivers and lakes in forested areas of Europe, Asia, and North America. The common merganser eats mainly fish.
B = Breeding: "Confirmed as breeding in Yellowstone" (155 species) ... Hooded merganser: Lophodytes cucullatus: B R Common merganser: Mergus merganser: B Red-breasted ...
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A trio of rare tiger cubs was spotted in Thailand's Kaeng Krachan National Park. / Credit: Kaeng Krachan National Park
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