Bucephala albeola

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Woodlands of North America

Vegetation: freshwater lakes and ponds, freshwater marshes, coastal waters • Maximum Elevation: 2,500 meters • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Medium

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 338 meters (1,109 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.1     Forest - Boreal   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.5     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     9     Marine Neritic   
  
•     9.2     Marine Neritic - Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs   
  
•     9.3     Marine Neritic - Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel   
  
•     9.4     Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy   
  
•     9.5     Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy-Mud   
  
•     9.7     Marine Neritic - Macroalgal/Kelp   
  
•     9.9     Marine Neritic - Seagrass (Submerged)   
  
•     13     Marine Coastal/Supratidal   
  
•     13.4     Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes   
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Biology

Diet

aquatic insects, clams, shrimps, seeds of pond weeds and bulrushes.

Reproduction

Breeding Habitat : Wetland-open water Nest Type : Cavity Clutch Size: 6-14 Length of Incubation : 29-31(28-33) days Days to Fledge : 50-55 Number of Broods: 1

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 23-Jan-2007

Similar Species

Hooded Merganser, Ruddy Duck

Members of the genus Bucephala

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:

B. albeola (Bufflehead) · B. clangula (Common Goldeneye Whistler) · B. clangula americana (Common Goldeneye) · B. clangula clangula (Common Goldeneye) · B. islandica (Rocky Mountain Goldeneye)

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Further Reading

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Bucephala albeola. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
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• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

• Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, North West Territories and Nunavut Bird Checklist, Canada
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Ontario Nest Records
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Royal British Columbia Museum
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• New Brunswick Museum, NBM birds
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3854430
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175145
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2481930
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175145
• IUCN ID: 196222
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNJB18030
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6869

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 520.150 based on 20,000 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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