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GBIF·2498329speciesAnimalia4,772,243 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderAnseriformes
  5. ›familyAnatidae
  6. ›genusBucephala
Bucephala albeola
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Also calledBeloglava patka dupljašica (srp) · Buabhallach (gle) · Büffelkopfente (deu) · Garrot albéole (fra) · Garv kilpenn gwenn (bre) · Graţă sunătoare americană (ron) · Hjálmönd (isl) · Hwyaden Benfras (cym) · Pato monja (spa) · Pato pinto (spa) · Petit Garrot (fra) · Porrón albeola (spa) · Quattrocchi minore (ita) · Thunnag chione-roauyr (glv)

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

Distribution

Breeds n North America; winters to Mexico and Greater Antilles

The Clements Checklist

Distribution

Breeding regions are NA. Breeding subregions are subarctic wc Alaska and Canada e to e Quebec and (locally) nw, nc USA. Non breeding regions are to c Mexico and n Florida.

IOC World Bird List, v

eunis habitat

Woodland and forest habitats and other wooded land (G level 1)

DAISIE - Inventory of alien invasive species in Europe

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2498329.