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Hooded merganser

Lophodytes cucullatus

Photo by Maria dB
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Field Notes

Description:

Hooded Mergansers are the second smallest species of merganser and are the only merganser species whose native habitat is restricted to North America.

Habitat:

Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge

Reference Links:

Hooded Merganser, Hooded Merganser, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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