Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Galloanserae > Superorder Anserimorphae > Order Anseriformes > Suborder Anseri > Superfamily Anatoidea > Family Anatidae > Genus Bucephala

Bucephala islandica (Gmelin, 1789)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

BucephalaBaird, 1858accepted genus name

Species group names

Anas islandica Gmelin, 1789 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: ijslandse brilduiker sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 English: Barrow's goldeneye sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 French: Garrot d'Islande sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 German: Spatelente sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: islandinė klykuolė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: islandsand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: islandsand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: sierpiec sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: исландский гоголь sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: islandski zvonec sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: porrón islándico sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: altıngöz sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Гоголь ісландський; Ісландський гоголь

Literature

basis of record

Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.

additional source

Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.

additional source

Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.

additional source

Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.

additional source

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

additional source

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.

additional source

Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Bucephala islandica (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159198

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Bucephala islandica (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/21fb810e-60e5-423b-b515-ef8aa3300107

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2011-04-27 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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