Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)

Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) - HBW 1, p. 623

French: Garrot à oeil d'or German: Schellente Spanish: Porrón Osculado
Other common names: Goldeneye, Whistler

Taxonomy: Anas Clangula Linnaeus, 1758, Europe.
Sometimes placed in genus Glaucionetta. Infrequent hybridization with B. islandica in the wild. Validity of subspecies has been questioned. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

clangula (Linnaeus, 1758) - N and C Europe, Asia E through USSR and N Mongolia to Kamchatka.
americana (Bonaparte, 1838) - Alaska to Labrador.