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Common Goldeneye
Bucephala clangula · Family Anatidae
Bucephala clangula
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 5,990,139
- Countries and territories with records
- 83
About this species
This species has 5,990,139 occurrence records from 83 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (33.8%), Sweden (19.9%), Canada (17.7%), Norway (9.7%) and Denmark (5.4%); together they account for 86.4% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.18% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Bucephala clangula combines the genus name Bucephala with the species epithet clangula. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Bucephala; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Bucephala albeola and Bucephala islandica.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 8th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 4.7 times the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.