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Bucephala albeola · Family Anatidae
Bucephala albeola
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 5,203,526
- Countries and territories with records
- 40
About this species
This species has 5,203,526 occurrence records from 40 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (80.8%) and Canada (18.7%); together they account for 99.5% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.38% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Bucephala albeola combines the genus name Bucephala with the species epithet albeola. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Bucephala; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Bucephala clangula and Bucephala islandica.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 10th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 4.1 times the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.