Common Goldeneye Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Bucephala clangula
Family : Anatidae
Order : Anseriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Goldeneye Duck, Goldeneye
Habitat : Lakes, rivers, lagoons, bays and harbours.
Description : The Common Goldeneye is a medium-sized diving duck (adult bird length approximately 46 cm, weight 860 g, wing 21 cm, bill 3 cm, tarsus 3.6 cm, tail 8.5 cm). In the breeding season, the male looks pied from above and white from below except for its black tail. Its bill is black, its irises are golden-yellow. The female lays 6-15 glossy greenish eggs,
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Rhodonessa caryophyllacea
(Pink-headed Duck) -
Mergus serrator
(Red-breasted Merganser) -
Mareca strepera
(Gadwall) -
Anas platyrhynchos
(Mallard) -
Tadorna tadorna
(Common Shelduck) -
Aythya ferina
(Common Pochard) -
Mareca penelope
(Eurasian Wigeon) -
Mergellus albellus
(Smew) -
Spatula querquedula
(Garganey) -
Anser indicus
(Bar‑headed Goose)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Alan Dalton(www.xeno-canto.org/Alan Dalton), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Alan Dalton(www.xeno-canto.org/Alan Dalton), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.