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Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Pato Pinto
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Male - Photo: J. Wilson
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Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Pato Pinto
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Male - Photo: J. Wilson
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A small duck with a large white patch on a blackish head (the dark part of the head is dark iridescent green in the right light). The duller female has a much smaller white patch. Length: 33-40 cm.; weight: 330-450 g. Audio (M. Oberle). Breeds in central North America. Normally winters in southern North America. Accidental in wetlands on Puerto Rico. TAXONOMY: ANSERIFORMES; ANATIDAE; Anatinae |
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Female - Photo: J. Wilson
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Photo: G. Beaton
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References Bent, A.C. 1923. Life histories of North American wild fowl, part 1. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 126. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1962). del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1992. Handbook of Birds of the World, Vol. 1. Ostrich to ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ehrlich, P.R., D.S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birderÆs handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster/Fireside, NY. Gauthier, G. 1993. Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola). No. 67 in The birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, PA, and Am. Ornithol. Union, Washington, D.C. Madge, S. and H. Burn. 1988. Wildfowl: an identification guide to the ducks, geese, and swans of the world. C. Helm, London. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR. Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton. Next related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |
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