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

*Bucephala*		accepted 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

Taxon found in 460 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

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