Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Ducks, Geese and Swans :: Bufflehead

Bufflehead Bucephala albeola

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

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Range

Nc. North America;
C. Alaska (upper Yukon River valley) and across n. Canada from s. Yukon, w. and s. Mackenzie (Great Slave Lake), s. Keewatin, ne. Manitoba (Hudson Bay and James Bay) and n. Ontario s. to s. British Columbia e. of the Cascades, Alberta, Saskatchewan and s. Manitoba, n. United State in n. Washington (locally s. in mountains to n. California), n. Montana, c. Colorado and e. to sw. Ontario. Locally further e. in wc. Quebec and rarely s. to n. Iowa, se. Minnesota and se. Wisconsin.
Winters from s. Alaska s. to n. Mexico and Great Lakes s. from Lake St. Clair and w. Lake Erie and s. along the Atlantic coast from New England to s. United States along the Gulf coast to c. Mexico and the West Indies (Greater Antilles).
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North America n. of Mexican border;
Summer: wc. ALK, c. YUK, sw. MAC (sw. Great Slave Lake), BCO (e. of Cascades), c. WAS, sc. ORG, nc. CAL, e. IDH to nw. WYO and nw. MON, sc. ALB, sc. to se. SAS, c. and s. MAN, nc. NDK, c. to sc. ONT and w. QUE.
Winter: Coastal s. ALK, coastal and s. BCO, sw. ALB (Calgary), WAS, IDH, w. MON, ORG, CAL, NEV, UTH, ARZ, w. and c. WYO, COL, NMX, c. KAN, OKA, TEX, c. MOU, ARK, LOU, ILL to se. WIS, s. MIC, IND, OHO, nw. PEN and s. ONT (s. Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and Lake St. Clair), ec. KTY, c. TEN, MIS, ALA, c. FLA, c. GEO, wc. SCA, c. NCA, e. VIR, e. MYD, DEL, c. and e. NJY, ex. se. NYK (Long Island), s. CON, RID, e. MAS, se. NHP, e. MAE, se. NBR, s. NSC, and s. NFD.

Videos

Summit Lake State Park, Henry County, Indiana, USA - Nov 3, 2001 Source: William Hull
Description: None

Spring Valley Wildlife Area, Greene/Warren County, Ohio, USA - Mar 31, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Male and female birds swimming. Includes a male doing a bobbing head display.

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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