Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (38)
- Monotypic
Gilles Gauthier
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 15, 2014
Text last updated July 15, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Bucñfala albeolada |
| Basque | Murgilari buruzuria |
| Bulgarian | Малка звънарка |
| Catalan | morell capblanc |
| Croatian | američka patka batoglavica |
| Czech | hohol bělavý |
| Danish | Bøffeland |
| Dutch | Buffelkopeend |
| English | Bufflehead |
| English (United States) | Bufflehead |
| Finnish | pikkutelkkä |
| French | Petit Garrot |
| French (France) | Petit Garrot |
| Galician | Pato de touca |
| German | Büffelkopfente |
| Greek | Μικρή Βουκεφάλα |
| Hebrew | עבראש לבנוני |
| Hungarian | Fehérfejű kerceréce |
| Icelandic | Hjálmönd |
| Japanese | ヒメハジロ |
| Korean | 꼬마오리 |
| Lithuanian | Baltakuodė klykuolė |
| Norwegian | bøffeland |
| Polish | gągołek |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Olho-dourado-de-touca |
| Romanian | Rață sunătoare americană |
| Russian | Гоголь-головастик |
| Serbian | Beloglava patka dupljašica |
| Slovak | hlaholka malá |
| Slovenian | Mali zvonec |
| Spanish | Porrón Albeola |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Pato moñudo |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Pato Monja |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Pato Pinto |
| Spanish (Spain) | Porrón albeola |
| Swedish | buffelhuvud |
| Turkish | Ak Yanaklı Ördek |
| Ukrainian | Гоголь малий |
Bucephala albeola (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Anas Albeola
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.124.
TYPE LOCALITY:
America = Newfoundland, ex Edwards.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- BUCEPHALA
- bucephala / bucephalus
- albeola / albeolus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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Figure 1. Bufflehead distribution in North America.
Densities based on annual waterfowl breeding population surveys 1983–1992 (USFWS and CWS 1986, unpubl. data), except for British Columbia (Bellrose 1976).
