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  • English
    • robin dipper
    • Bufflehead
  • Scientific names
    • Bucephala albeola
  • Spanish
    • Pato monja
  • French
    • petit garrot

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Recent Observations

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What

Bufflehead Bucephala albeola

Observer

jay

Date

May 14, 2012
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What

Bufflehead Bucephala albeola

Observer

jesscubb

Date

Apr 23, 2012

Description

I think that these are buffleheads.. They were swimming in pairs along the waterside at the UBNA. Every time I stopped to capture a photo of them, the male would submerge himself completely underwater and re-emerge only in time for the female to submerge herself. Finally I caught one with them both out of the water!

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What

Bufflehead Bucephala albeola

Observer

fulinn

Date

Apr 28, 2012 11:32 AM EDT

Description

Duck swimming along in the pond. Stayed in sight for a long time but did not swim closer to my side of the pond.

He had a light grey chest, white under eye to rear of head. Could not see eye color.

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Description from Wikipedia

The Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) is a small American sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Anas albeola.

Source: BirdLife International (2011) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/07/2011.