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Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola

262Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
18Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan21
Feb33
Mar56
Apr58
May6
Jun20
Jul1
Aug2
Sep1
Oct7
Nov10
Dec47

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Perth and Kinross Scotland42
2Wakefield England29
3Shetland Islands —21
4Dorset England17
5Rutland England17
6Cornwall England11
7Gwynedd Wales11
8Aberdeenshire Scotland9
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland6
10Leeds England3
11Suffolk England2
12Lincolnshire England2
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
14Norfolk England1
15Surrey England1
139 England78 Scotland43 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
262
Peak month
April
Counties with records
18
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Bucephala albeola
Group
Birds
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Bucephala
Name with authority
Bucephala albeola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q576762 · GBIF 2498329