Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) - HBW 1, p. 623
French: Garrot albéole
German: Büffelkopfente
Spanish: Porrón Albeola
Taxonomy: Anas Albeola Linnaeus, 1758, America = Newfoundland ex Edwards.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Alaska E through C Canada to Hudson Bay and Great Lakes, and S to NW USA.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult male swimming and diving to feed Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 January 2008 4 years ago 19 sec 4.5 -
A group of males and females foraging in a salt water lagoon. Locality Moss Landing, Monterey County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2002 4 years ago 20 sec 4.2 -
Two views of a small flock of both sexes together, and then a male displaying for a female close by. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 14 November 2008 3 years ago 36 sec 4 -
Male swimming, scratching, diving. Locality Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Wayne Hall 21 April 2012 4 weeks ago 27 sec 3.8 -
A male swimming and showing courtship behaviour. Locality South Holland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 December 2005 2 years ago 31 sec 3.8 -
A swimming male on a lake. Locality Gaatkensplas, Barendrecht, South Holland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 December 2005 2 years ago 24 sec 3.8
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A female on a lake
Locality Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA (United States)
AndrewSmith 31 December 2011 20 weeks ago 3.9 -
Dorsal view of male.
Locality LaSalle Park, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 3 December 2011 24 weeks ago 3.6 -
Male on Lake Ontario showing iridescence on head.
Locality LaSalle Park, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 3 December 2011 24 weeks ago 3.4 -
Four males and one female on Lake Ontario at Burlington
Locality Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 2 February 2009 1 year ago 3.4 -
Male swimming past a Trumpeter Swan.
Locality LaSalle Park, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 7 January 2012 19 weeks ago 3.3 -
Side view of male.
Locality LaSalle Park, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 3 December 2011 24 weeks ago 3.3
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Call of a female Locality Regent's Park, London, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 13 February 2010 2 years ago 2
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