Bird

Hooded Merganser

Lophodytes cucullatus

Lives in Florida all year and nests here. Found in all 67 counties, across 16 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 16

Male Hooded Merganser, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Justin Flint, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 243821467. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 16
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Florida 16

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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SummerWinterSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier; Floridian Highlands Freshwater MarshRegional / representative. Shown: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia; representative pond ecosystem, a neighboring state.Georgia pond and emergent wetland, Robert 'Bob' Hynes, 1997. Public domain. Source record.

SummerWinterSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp; South Florida Bayhead Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress DomeRegional / representative. Shown: Southern coastal swamps, Florida to Virginia; state not identified, a neighboring state.Loblolly bay in a coastal swamp, Marian Ellis Rowan, 1901. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

WinterUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland; Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland; East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland

Coastal Plain hammocks

Dense, evergreen groves of live oak, magnolia and other hardwoods in the southern Coastal Plain, from dry oak domes to wet hydric hammocks and south Florida's tropical hammocks; salt-shaped maritime hammocks are maritime forests.

SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock

Depression ponds and limesinks

Shallow ponds in Coastal Plain depressions, such as limesinks and the ponds in some Carolina bays, that rise and fall with the seasons.

WinterCentral Florida Herbaceous Pondshore

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Summer

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

SummerWinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest

Freshwater tidal marshes

Marshes along tidal rivers where the water is fresh but rises and falls with the tide.

WinterFlorida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh; Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh

Pine flatwoods

Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods; Central Florida Pine Flatwoods; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods

Pine savannas

Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.

SummerAtlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods

Salt and brackish marshes

Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides.

WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh; Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh; Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh; Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh

Sounds, bays and tidal flats

Salt and brackish open water of sounds, bays and estuaries, with the mud and sand flats and seagrass beds that tides cover and uncover; the vegetated marsh is salt and brackish marshes.

WinterOpen Water (Brackish/Salt)

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

SummerOnly within 60 m of water.Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

SummerOnly within 60 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Sandhills

Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.

SummerOnly within 60 m of water.Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier

Other habitats in its models (125)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida.

Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 60 m of water.
North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 60 m of water.
North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer.
Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer and winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer and winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer and winter.
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Summer.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer.
Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
Cumberland Riverscour Winter.
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer and winter.
Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer, only within 60 m of water.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer.
North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer, only within 60 m of water.