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

Bucephala islandica (Gmelin, 1789)

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 islandica*	Gmelin, 1789	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): islandsand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: ijslandse brilduiker sources: Avibase - the world bird database

English: Barrow's goldeneye sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Barrow's Goldeneye sources: Charles Hussey

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: islandsand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: islandsand sources: Syst. Nat. 1 pt 2 p. 541

Norwegian Nynorsk: islandsand sources: Syst. Nat. 1 pt 2 p. 541

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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

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	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	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

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (40 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (152 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Bucephala islandica (Gmelin, 1789). 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:159198

Drs Cees Roselaar. Bucephala islandica (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96543