Species
Bucephala albeola (Bufflehead)
Bucephala albeola. Photo: (c) ianhearn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) is a small sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Anas albeola.