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Bucephala islandica (Barrow's Goldeneye)

Synonyms: Anas islandica (homotypic); Glaucionetta islandica
Language: French

Wikipedia Abstract

Barrow's goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) is a medium-sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. This bird was named after Sir John Barrow. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek boukephalos, "bullheaded", from bous, "bull " and kephale, "head", a reference to the bulbous head shape of the bufflehead. The species name islandica means Iceland. In Icelandic the bird is known as húsönd (house-duck); it is a common species of the Lake Mývatn in the north of the country. Average Weight: Male 2.13 lbs., Female 1.31 lbs.Average Length: Male 19.2", Female 17"
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
13
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.03014
EDGE Score: 1.61545
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.282 lbs (1.035 kg)
Birth Weight [3]  70 grams
Female Weight [7]  1.656 lbs (751 g)
Male Weight [7]  2.491 lbs (1.13 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [7]  50.5 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Boreal forests, Temperate western forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Northern U.S./Canada
Wintering Habitat [2]  Coastal marine, Freshwater lakes and rivers
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  80 %
Diet - Plants [4]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  10 %
Forages - Water Surface [4]  20 %
Forages - Underwater [4]  80 %
Clutch Size [8]  9
Clutches / Year [6]  1
Fledging [5]  56 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  150,000
Incubation [6]  29 days
Maximum Longevity [6]  18 years
Snout to Vent Length [5]  19 inches (48 cm)
Wing Span [9]  30 inches (.75 m)
Female Maturity [6]  2 years
Male Maturity [6]  2 years

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♦ 1Storchová, Lenka; Hořák, David (2018), Data from: Life-history characteristics of European birds, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n6k3n
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 6de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 7Eadie, J. M, J.-PL Savard, and ML Mallory. 2000. Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica). In The Birds of North America, no. 548 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia
♦ 8Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 9del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 10Winter food habits of Barrow's Goldeneyes in southeast Alaska, Philip S. Koehl, Thomas C. Rothe, and Dirk V. Derkson, Canadian Wildlife Service, 1984
♦ 11Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0