Birds of the World

    ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)  
Genus: Bucephala (3 species)


Bufflehead
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) Male
Range: NA: subarctic wc Alaska and Canada e to e Quebec and (locally) nw, nc USA
Vancouver, Canada  
   
Photograph by Nigel from Vancouver     Copyright and usage info


Common Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula clangula) Male
Range: NA, PAL: subarctic from Scotland and Scandinavia to Sakhalin and Kamchatka (se Russia), in s through n Kazakhstan, n Mongolia and Heilongjiang (ne China); w Alaskan mainland to Labrador and New Brunswick, in s through n tier of contiguous USA
Parc Phoenix, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France  
   
Photograph by Bernie DUPONT     Copyright and usage info

Common Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) Female
Range: NA, PAL: subarctic from Scotland and Scandinavia to Sakhalin and Kamchatka (se Russia), in s through n Kazakhstan, n Mongolia and Heilongjiang (ne China); w Alaskan mainland to Labrador and New Brunswick, in s through n tier of contiguous USA
Loma Linda VA Hospital, California,  
   
Photograph by Matt Grube   © All Rights Reserved.

Compare to Barrow's Goldeneye.

Barrow's Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) Male
Range: NA, PAL: c, sw Alaska through w Canada s to nw USA se to Oregon and Colorado; ne Quebec and sw, n Labrador; Iceland
Seattle, Washington State, United States  
   
Photograph by George Scott Photography   © All Rights Reserved.

Similar to the Common Goldeneye. Note crescent-shaped white mark on face of male and shorter stubbier bill


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