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Hooded Merganser

Lophodytes cucullatus

519Records since 2000
MayPeak month
24Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan74
Feb55
Mar60
Apr61
May89
Jun11
Jul4
Aug14
Sep11
Oct51
Nov34
Dec55

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England152
2Cumbria England74
3Kent England34
4Suffolk England33
5Cambridgeshire England15
6Renfrewshire Scotland12
7Essex England11
8Shetland Islands —11
9Angus Scotland7
10Rutland England6
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland4
12East Riding of Yorkshire England3
13Fife Scotland3
14North Ayrshire Scotland3
15Hartlepool England2
473 England42 Scotland2 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
519
Peak month
May
Counties with records
24
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lophodytes cucullatus
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
121
Most recorded in
Dorset, Cumbria
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Lophodytes
Name with authority
Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
5

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q241349 · GBIF 2498408