Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Brilduiker
Common Names in English:
Common Goldeneye, American Goldeneye, Brass-Eyed Whistler, Brasseye, Bull-Head, Cobhead, Common Goldeneye Whistler, Copperhead, Cub-Head, European Goldeneye, Garrot, Goldeneye, Goldeneyed Duck, Great-Head, Iron-Head, Jingler, Merry-Wing, Sizzle-Britches, Spirit Duck, Whiffler, Whistle-Duck, Whistle-Wing, Whistler
Common Names in French:
Garrot à Oeil D'or, Garrot à úil D'or, Garrot Sonneur
Common Names in German:
Schellente
Common Names in Hebrew:
עבראש ירוק
Common Names in Italian:
Quattrocchi
Common Names in Japanese:
ホオジロガモ
Common Names in Russian:
Gogol, Гоголь обыкновенный, Обыкновенный гоголь
Common Names in Spanish:
Pato Chillón, Porrón Osculado
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Galloanserimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Anseriformes
()
- Wagler, 1831
- Order:
Anseriformes
(
- Superorder:
Galloanserimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Bucephala clangula (Linnaeus) 1758
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
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)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Birds of the Chukchi Peninsula and Wrangel Island = (Ptitsy Chukotskogo poluostrova i ostrova Vrangelya) / L.A. Portenko; translated from Russian [by P.M. Rao]. New Delhi: Published for the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., by Amerind Pub. Co., 1981- url p. 347.
- British birds. London, Witherby & Co. url p. 7.
- Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1934 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url p. 4, p. 5.
- Check-list of North American birds. [Ithaca, N.Y.]1957. url p. 85.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 177, p. 495.
- Guide to the birds of Europe and North Africa. With a biographical memoir by William Eagle Clarke. London, Gurney and Jackson, 1923. url p. 227.
- The Scottish naturalist. Arbroath [etc.]T. Buncle & Co. [etc.] url , p. 132, p. 93.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2764154
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175142
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13903516
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175142
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 406295
