Bufflehead: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the bufflehead lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Bucephala albeola
Group	Ducks, geese & swans
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	6 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Mass	481 g (male organism, adult weight); 367 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Anseriformes
Family	Anatidae

Where does the bufflehead live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the bufflehead in 6 countries and territories across Europe and North America. In United Kingdom it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a bufflehead?

Wikidata records the following for the bufflehead: mass 481 g (male organism, adult weight); 367 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the bufflehead endangered?

The bufflehead’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the bufflehead?

The bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) is a bird in the order Anseriformes and the family Anatidae, genus Bucephala. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the bufflehead

The bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) is a small sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. It breeds in Alaska and Canada and migrates in winter to southern North America. This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Anas albeola.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Bufflehead (revision 1380598838), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q576762 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).