Bird

Hooded Merganser

Lophodytes cucullatus

Lives in West Virginia all year and nests here. Found in all 55 counties, across 11 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 11

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 55 counties
Habitats: 11
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in West Virginia 11

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

1 of 11

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.

SummerWinterCentral Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

SummerWinterOpen Water (Fresh)

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

SummerWinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; Cumberland Riverscour; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems

Dry forests and woodlands

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

SummerOnly within 60 m of water.Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric; Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood; Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest; Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest; Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland; Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland

Hemlock forests

Shady, evergreen forests of eastern or Carolina hemlock, often along rocky mountain streams and in gorges.

SummerOnly within 60 m of water.Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest

Moderately dry forests

Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.

SummerOnly within 60 m of water.Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest

Moist forests

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

SummerOnly within 60 m of water.Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest

Rich cove forests

Sheltered, moist mountain hollows and lower slopes with deep, fertile soil.

SummerOnly within 60 m of water.Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest

Spruce-fir forests

Cool, evergreen forests of red spruce and Fraser fir on the highest mountains.

SummerOnly within 60 m of water.

Other habitats in its models (144)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in West Virginia.

Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) 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.
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.
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.
Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood 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.
Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock 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 Southern Mesic Slope 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.
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.
Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand 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 - Open Understory 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 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.
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 Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Winter.
Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Winter.
Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Winter.
Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer and winter.
Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer and winter.
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Summer.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
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.
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer and winter.
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Summer.
Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Winter.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - 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.
Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest 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.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer, only within 60 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods Summer, only within 60 m of water.
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.