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Lophodytes cucullatus · Family Anatidae
Lophodytes cucullatus
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,339,261
- Countries and territories with records
- 52
About this species
This species has 3,339,261 occurrence records from 52 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (79.6%) and Canada (20%); together they account for 99.6% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.24% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Lophodytes cucullatus combines the genus name Lophodytes with the species epithet cucullatus. It is the only species of the genus Lophodytes in the Warbla app catalog.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 18th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 2.6 times the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.