Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Anseriformes > Family Anatidae > Genus Bucephala

Bucephala albeola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Anas Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Bucephalaaccepted genus name

Species group names

Anas albeola Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: buffelkopeend sources: Avibase - the world bird database
 English: bufflehead sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 English-United States: Bufflehead sources: Charles Hussey
 French: garrot albéole sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
 German: Büffelkopfente sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: mažoji klykuolė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: gągołek sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: mali zvonec sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: porrón albeola sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: buffelhuvud sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: ak yanaklı ördek sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Гоголь малий; Малий 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

Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983

additional source

Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.

additional source

Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

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.

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

Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.

additional source

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

additional source

ITIS database

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (15 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (226 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Bucephala albeola (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159179

Drs Cees Roselaar. Bucephala albeola (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96542

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159179
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Last modified

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

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