Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Anseriformes > Family Anatidae > Genus Lophodytes

Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mergus

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lophodytes*	Reichenbach, 1853	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Mergus cucullatus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): hjelmfiskand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kokardezaagbek sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: hooded merganser sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Hooded Merganser sources: Charles Hussey

French: harle couronné sources: Avibase - the world bird database

German: Kappensänger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: kuoduotasis dančiasnapis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: hjelmfiskand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: hjelmfiskand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 129

Norwegian Nynorsk: hjelmfiskand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 129

Nynorsk (Norwegian): hjelmfiskand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: kapturnik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: kapucatsi žagar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: serreta capuchona sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: başlıklı ördek sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: hwyaden gribwen

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web.
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (59 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (616 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159094

Drs Cees Roselaar. Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96547