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Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
  (L 18" WS 26" Wt 1.4 lb)
Shadow Cliffs
Pleasanton, CA
30Dec2009
Extravagant crest...found
only in North America.
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Bob Sundstrom
© Cornell
Ornithology
© Charles
Duncan
Macaulay
Library
Lophodytes in Greek means
crest diver; cucullatus in Latin
means hooded.