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title: "Kokardezaagbek"
description: "Lophodytes cucullatus — Vogels. The hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is a species of fish-eating duck in the subfamily Anatinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/hooded-merganser
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kokardezaagbek

> Lophodytes cucullatus — Vogels. The hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is a species of fish-eating duck in the subfamily Anatinae.

- Scientific name: *Lophodytes cucullatus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 81562
- Wikidata: [Q241349](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q241349)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7109](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7109)

## Names

- en: Hooded Merganser
- de: Kappensäger
- es: Mergo cresta blanca
- fr: Harle couronné
- nl: Kokardezaagbek
- pt: Merganso-capuchinho
- pl: Kapturnik

## Countries with the most observations

US (55273), CA (22521), MX (209), NL (25), GB (23), DE (15), BE (6), BM (6), DK (6), PM (5), FI (4), IT (4)

## Summary

The hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is a species of fish-eating duck in the subfamily Anatinae. It is the only extant species in the genus Lophodytes. The genus name derives from Greek: lophos meaning 'crest', and dutes meaning 'diver'. The bird is striking in appearance; both sexes have crests that they can raise or lower, and the breeding plumage of the male is handsomely patterned and colored. The hooded merganser has a sawbill but is not classified as a typical merganser.
Hooded mergansers are the second-smallest species of merganser, with only the smew of Europe and Asia being smaller, and it also is…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_merganser

## Photo

![Kokardezaagbek](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hooded-merganser/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67686601

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hooded-merganser?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).