Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
The Goldeneye is found across the northern hemisphere in temperate and arctic zones. It is normally migratory but there are small resident populations in north west Europe.
Common Goldeneye
Bucephala clangula (Linnaeus)
Status Common transient, fairly common in winter, uncommon and local in summer. Breeds.
Common goldeneye Bucephala clangula
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Length: 13 inches Wingspan: 31 inches
Medium-sized diving duck
Yellow eye
Gently sloped forehead
Black bill is small, but larger than in Barrow's Goldeneye ...
Common Goldeneye Photos
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Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Goldeneye
Old scientific name(s): Glaucionetta clangula ...
Common Goldeneye
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Common Goldeneye
Relatives in same Genus
Bufflehead (B. albeola)
Barrow's Goldeneye (B. islandica) ...
The Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) is a diving duck which nests across much of Canada and Alaska while wintering across most of the United States on both fresh and salt water.
Goldeneyes are ducks with a cunning way of raising their chicks. They often lay their eggs in each others' nests where, if the timing is right, a sister, aunt or cousin will end up raising the chicks.
Common Goldeneye: Medium-sized diving duck with white-striped black upperparts and white underparts. Head is iridescent green-black with white circular patch between yellow eyes and dark gray bill.
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
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Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula - Male in flight
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Common Goldeneye Behaviour
No observations regarding Common Goldeneye behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
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The Barrow's Goldeneye drake, on the other hand, has a glossy purple or blueish head and a white facial crescent shaped spot. The female has a steeper forehead and, from late November until May, has a yellow-orange or pinkish-orange bill.
Common Goldeneye
(Bucephala clangula)
Status: Winter Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2011
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Goldeneye, Barrow's Bucephala islamdica Found in Northern latitudes of North America, Iceland, ...
Goldeneye Postures
According to Milton Weller (Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior), the sea ducks are a tribe called Mergini, including 9 different genera and a total of 19 species. They all dive, and can be seen in coastal waters.
Are goldeneyes and buffleheads considered "sea ducks"?
A. No. While taxonomically, goldeneyes, bufflehead, and mergansers are lumped in with scoters, eiders, long tailed ducks (formerly old squaw), and harlequins in the sea duck tribe, ...
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
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Pike (Esox lucius)
Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
Water opossum (Chironectes minimus)
Baikal teal (Anas formosa)
African river-martin (Pseudochelidon eurystomina) ...
Common Goldeneye
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no
American Goldfinch
Winter Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula. Fairly common in winter, spring, and late fall in Tennessee Valley and Gulf Coast regions, but occasional in summer. Uncommon in winter and rare in spring and fall in Mountain region.
Barrow's Goldeneye - 1 male from Great Boar's Head, 1 female from Seal Rocks
Common Merganser - 1 near Plaice Cove
Eared Grebe - 1 continues from Seal Rocks ...
Barrow's Goldeneye
Range: coastal North America
Habitat: lakes, ponds, rivers, in migration also seacoasts ...
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
Fulvous Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) ...
Paired goldeneyes usu dominate territory-defending Bufflehead, but Bufflehead can expel goldeneye yearlings, females, and unpaired males.
Bucephala clangula - Common Goldeneye
Bucephala albeola - Bufflehead
Bucephala islandica - Barrow's Goldeneye
Mergus
Mergus albellus - Smew
Mergus serrator - Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus merganser - Common Merganser (photo) ...
The Smew (Mergellus albellus) is a small duck which is intermediate between the mergansers and the goldeneyes, and has interbred with the Common Goldeneye. It is the only member of the genus Mergellus (Selby, 1840).
GOLDEN-EYE DUCK.
[Common Goldeneye.]
FULIGULA CLANGULA, Linn.
[Bucephala clangula.] ...
 See also: Duck, Merganser, Mallard, Hooded merganser, Teal
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