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Pair of Barrow's Goldeneyes Swimming in Dappled Water

Goldeneye ducks take off from cold mountain stream in winter with snow falling in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

A view of a Barrows Goldeneye at Martin Mere Nature Reserve

couple of common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Natural scene from Manitowoc river in Wisconsin

The Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) is a medium-sized diving duck of the genus Bucephala. Common goldeneyes are territorial and aggressive. They have elaborate courtship displays. The common goldeneye is named for its golden-yellow eye. Adult males have a dark greenish glossy head with a white circular patch below the eye. Their back is dark and they have a white belly and neck. Adult females have a gray body and brown head. Their legs and feet are orange-yellow. The breeding habitat of the common goldeneye is in the rivers and lakes of the boreal forest across northern North America and northern Russia. They nest in large tree cavities made by woodpeckers and from broken off limbs. They return to the same nests year after year. The goldeneye is a migratory waterfowl and spends the winter in the protected waters of the more temperate latitudes. Their diet is met by foraging underwater for crustaceans, aquatic insects, mollusks, fish eggs and aquatic plants. This trio of female common goldeneyes was photographed while swimming at Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

A male and female barrows goldeneye swim tiogether in Coeur d'Alene Lake in north Idaho.

$L 40-48 cm, WS 62-77 cm.\nBreeds in forested areas by lakes, mainly clear, oligotrophic, and by slow-flowing rivers and in archipelagos; less commonly at open coasts. Mainly migratory, hardy, returning early to breeding sites. Less gregarious than most other diving ducks, often seen in pairs or smaller groups. Shy. Food animal. Courtship display in early spring by male includes tossing head back onto back and then stretching neck up with bill pointing upwards, at times also splashing water with feet. Nests in tree-hole (old Black woodpecker) or box.\n\nThis is a quite common Species in Dutch Waters and Lakes in the Winter Period.$

Pair of Male Barrow's Goldeneyes Swim on a Sunny Day

Common goldeneye duck in Jasper National Park

Barrow's Goldeneye (male and female) (bucephala islandica)

Flock of Barrow's goldeneye swimming in the sea shore, Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada

Winter on great lake Michigan with wild ducks

Hooded Merganser ducks swimming in lake at Fountain Creek, Colorado in western USA, North America

Two common goldeneye ducks fly low over he surface of the lake in north Idaho.

Common Goldeneye fling over the Salish Sea.

Common Goldeneyes (bucephala clangula) swimming in the ocean

The Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) is a medium-sized diving duck, named after Sir John Barrow, an English statesman and writer. The genus name Bucephala refers to the bulbous shaped head and the species name Islandica means Iceland. The male Barrow’s goldeneye has a black and white body, a purplish glossy head, a bright yellow eye with a white crescent at the front of the face. Adult females have a grayish body and yellow bill. The Barrow's goldeneye is a quiet bird that generally only makes grunts, squeaks and croaks during the breeding season and courtship. Their fast-moving wings create a whistling sound while in flight. The Barrow’s goldeneye is migratory and winters in open inland waters or protected coastal waters. They rely on coastal estuaries as important wintering and stopping places on their migration. Their breeding habitat consists of ponds and wooded lakes in North America as well as some locations in eastern Canada and Iceland. They build their nest in tree cavities. The Barrow’s goldeneye diet is made up of crustaceans, insects and vegetation for which they forage underwater. This Barrow’s goldeneye pair was photographed in Quartermaster Harbor on Vashon Island near Burton, Washington State, USA.

Male and female common goldeneye (ducks) in a gold and blue colored river

One drake (male) followed by seven hens (females); common goldeneye ducks swimming in cold river water of the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and Montana in the United States of America (USA). Nearest cities are Bozeman and Billings, Montana.

Male Common Goldeneye flying, seen in the wild in a North California marsh

A pair of Goldeneye ducks swimming side by side

Harlequin duck swimming with a group of common goldeneyes in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Tufted ducks flying over a lake in Gosforth Park nature Park viewed from the Ridley Hide.

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