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 LC    Bufflehead* Id (Atlas):
    Bucephala albeola

Description (10)
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Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
34 - 35 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Range (Guide)
Bermuda, Canada (B) (P), Cayman Islands, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, St Pierre and Miquelon (NB) (P), USA (B).

Vagrant to Bahamas, Finland, France, Greenland, Iceland, Jamaica, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia (Asian), Slovakia (Slovak Republic), Spain, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands (U.S.).

Alaska east through central Canada to Hudson Bay and Great Lakes, and south to north-western USA.
 
Population
Estimated population is 1,200,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

 
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) [XC590242]
     by Andrew Spencer from Moraga, Contra Costa County, California, United States (alarm call)

 
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) [XC165566]
     by Denise Wight from Valley Forge National Historic Park (near Phoenixville), Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) - 10 files


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