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Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola

The Bufflehead is a small, colorful duck known for its striking black and white feathers. They love to dive underwater to find tasty food like small fish and insects.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Bufflehead is a small, compact diving duck known for its striking black and white plumage. Males have a puffy, iridescent purple-green head with a prominent triangular white patch behind the eye. Females are dusky grey-brown with a distinct white cheek spot.

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Bufflehead

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Buffleheads are North America's smallest diving ducks, weighing less than a soda can!

Ducklings leap from their tree-hole nests, sometimes 10 feet high, hours after hatching!

Male Buffleheads perform a funny head-pumping courtship display to attract a mate.

These ducks often reuse the same tree-hole nests each year for their ducklings.

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Underwater Acrobat

Bufflehead can dive quickly and expertly underwater, using its powerful webbed feet to chase prey with agility.

Habilidad

Feathered Flipper

Bufflehead has dense bones and small wings that help them dive effortlessly and swim deep in search of food.

Habilidad

Cavity Nester

Bufflehead can nest in old woodpecker holes, a unique adaptation that provides safe, elevated shelter for their young.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
32-40 cm
Envergadura
42-55 cm
Peso
0.27-0.6 kg
Esperanza de vida
1.5-12 años
Top Speed
77 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta
8-10
Incubación
29-31 días
Distancia de migración
3500 km

Dieta y alimentación

Buffleheads mainly eat small aquatic insects and crustaceans they find underwater.

Diferencias por edad: Young ducklings eat mostly insects, while adults have a more varied diet.

Alimentos principales

  • aquatic insect larvae
  • crustaceans
  • small mollusks
  • fish eggs
  • small fish

Método de búsqueda

  • Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Adult Buffleheads can be prey for large raptors like eagles.

eaten by

North American River Otter

Lontra canadensis

Otters may prey on Buffleheads, especially during winter.

eaten by

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

Large fish can sometimes catch diving Bufflehead ducklings or adults.

eats

Emperor Dragonfly

Anax imperator

Buffleheads feed on the larvae of various aquatic insects, like dragonflies.

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Always watch birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el longitud de Bufflehead?

32-40 cm

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Bufflehead?

42-55 cm

¿Cuál es el peso de Bufflehead?

0.27-0.6 kg

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Bufflehead?

1.5-12 años

¿Cuál es el top Speed de Bufflehead?

77 km/h

¿Qué come Bufflehead?

Buffleheads mainly eat small aquatic insects and crustaceans they find underwater.

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Bufflehead?

Wetlands

¿Cómo caza Bufflehead?

Pursuit

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