Diet Overlap

Bucephala islandica (Barrow's Goldeneye)
Calidris maritima (Purple Sandpiper)

Common Diet

Mytilus edulis (Blue mussel)

Common Habitat

Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Forillon National Park
Fundy National Park
Gros Morne National Park
Iceland boreal birch forests and alpine tundra
Long Point Biosphere Reserve
Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve
North America
Prince Edward Island National Park
Rondeau Provincial Park
Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine Park
Terra Nova National Park

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Winter food habits of Barrow's Goldeneyes in southeast Alaska, Philip S. Koehl, Thomas C. Rothe, and Dirk V. Derkson, Canadian Wildlife Service, 1984
♦ 2R. W. Summers , S. Smith , M. Nicoll & N. K. Atkinson (1990) Tidal and sexual differences in the diet of Purple Sandpipers Calidris maritima in Scotland, Bird Study, 37:3, 187-194