Goldeneyes and Bufflehead
Bucephala
Bucephala is a genus of ducks found in the Northern Hemisphere. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek boukephalos, "bullheaded", from bous "bull", and kephale, "head", a reference to the crest of the bufflehead making its head look large.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Common Goldeneye
speciesBucephala clangula
Bufflehead
speciesBucephala albeola
Barrow's Goldeneye
speciesBucephala islandica
Common × Barrow's Goldeneye
hybridBucephala clangula × islandica
Bufflehead × Common Goldeneye
hybridBucephala albeola × clangula
Bucephala albeola × islandica
hybridBucephala albeola × islandica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 6989.