Mergansers (Hooded / Common / RB) · State-by-state

Mergansers (Hooded / Common / RB) hunting regulations.

Hooded, common, and red-breasted mergansers are the three North American merganser species, all fish-eating divers with serrated bills. Hoodies are small inland-water birds; commons are larger and migrate widely; red-breasted are typically saltwater coastal birds. Their fish diet makes them less popular as table fare than most ducks.