Bucephala clangula

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• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: freshwater lakes and ponds, freshwater marshes, coastal waters • Maximum Elevation: 2,000 meters • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Medium

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,180 meters (0 to 10,433 feet).[1]

Biology

Diet

Primarily: Aquatic Invertebrates . Lesser Quantities of: Green Plant Matter Seeds Fish.

Reproduction

• Breeding Habitat : Wetland-open water
• Nest Type : Cavity
• Clutch Size: 5-15
• Length of Incubation : 28-32 days
• Days to Fledge : 56-60
• Number of Broods: 1

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.

Similar Species

Barrow's Goldeneye

Members of the genus Bucephala

There are approximately 7 species in this genus:

B. albeola (Little Black and White Duck) · B. clangula (Common Goldeneye Whistler) · B. clangula americana (Common Goldeneye) · B. clangula clangula (Common Goldeneye Whistler) · B. clangula ssp · B. clangula x · B. islandica (Rocky Mountain Goldeneye)

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Further Reading

• A bibliography of birds: with special reference to anatomy, behavior, biochemistry --. by Reuben Myron Strong Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1946 UND url p. 264, p. 30.
• A checklist of the vertebrate animals of Kansas / George D. Potts, Joseph T. Collins. [Lawrence, Kan.]: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1991. ENG url p. 8.
• A review of the birds of Connecticut. By C. Hart Merriam. New Haven, Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor, Printers, 1877. ENG url p. 126, p. 142, p. 146.
• Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
• An ecological characterization of Coastal Maine (north and east of Cape Elizabeth) / Stewart I. Fefer and Patricia S. Schettig: principal investigators. Newton Corner, Mass.: Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northeast Region, 1980. ENG url p. 93.
• Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova. Genova: Tip. del R. Istituto Sordo-Muti, 1870-1914. ITA url p. 265, p. 308.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. ENG url p. 122, p. 128.
• Aquila. Budapest: A Magyar Ornithologiai Knt Kiadva, 1894- HUN url p. 125, p. 144, p. 169, p. 193, p. 197, p. 317, p. 317, p. 6, p. 61, p. 66, p. 9.
• Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 100, p. 150, p. 166, p. 93.
• Atlante ornitologico: uccelli europei: con notizie d'indole generale e particolare / del dr. E. Arrigoni Degli Oddi. Milano: U. Hoepli, 1902. ITA url p. 477.
• Aves Hungari enumeratio systematica avium Hungarium notis brevibus biologicis, locis inventionis virorumque a quibus oriuntur / e mandato Commissionis Hungaricae Secundi Ornithologorum Universalis Congressus conscripsit Joannes Frivaldszky. Budapestini: Typis Societatis Frankli1891. LAT url p. 193.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
• Birds in Kansas / Max C. Thompson and Charles Ely. Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History: c1989- ENG url p. 114.
• Birds of the Northwest: a hand-book of the ornithology of the region drained by the Missouri River and its tributaries / by Elliott Coues. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1874. ENG url p. 576, p. 577.
• Brigham Young University science bulletin. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] ENG url p. 46, p. 6.
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• FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. ENG url p. 123, p. 143, p. 35, p. 52.
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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 26, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 28 providers.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• 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
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3854428
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175143
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13852038
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175141
• IUCN ID: 47231
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNJB18010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6870

Footnotes

1. Mean = 324.800 meters (1,065.617 feet), Standard Deviation = 439.520 based on 20,000 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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