#0642 · 🐦 birds

Common Goldeneye

🇳🇱 Brilduiker ·Bucephala clangula

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The common goldeneye ( Bucephala clangula ) is a medium-sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala , the goldeneyes. Its closest relative is the similar Barrow's goldeneye. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek boukephalos ("bullheaded", from bous , "bull " and kephale , "head"), a reference to the bulbous head shape of the bufflehead. The species name is derived from the Latin clangere ("to resound").

base stats

NL sightings 326iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 103,864iNaturalist observations
weight 1 kgadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).