Goldeneye is a photograph by Robert Bales which was uploaded on March 16th, 2019.
Goldeneye
Found this goldeneye duck while visiting a park in Yuma, Arizona.
Bucephala is a genus of diving ducks found in the Northern Hemisphere. The... more
by Robert Bales
Title
Goldeneye
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
Found this goldeneye duck while visiting a park in Yuma, Arizona.
Bucephala is a genus of diving ducks found in the Northern Hemisphere. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek boukephalos, "bullheaded", from bous "bull", and kephale, "head", a reference to the crest of the bufflehead making its head look large.
The bufflehead was formerly treated as the only member of the genus (sometimes unnecessarily changed to Charitonetta) while the goldeneyes were incorrectly placed in Clangula (as Clangula americana), the genus of the long-tailed duck, which at that time was placed in Harelda. It may yet be correct to recognise two genera, as the bufflehead and the two goldeneyes are well diverged. In this case, Bucephala would be restricted to B. albeola and the name Glaucionetta (Stejneger, 1885) resurrected for the goldeneyes.
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March 16th, 2019
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Anita Faye
Robert, happy to feature your beautiful work on Poetic Poultry 4/30/19! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html
Amy Sorvillo
Love these cute ducks- great job capturing it; I know they don't stay still for long! l/f
William Tasker
Nice shot, Robert! Thank you for submitting this fine nature shot to Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography group, where the image is now featured on the home page. L/F
Don Columbus
Congratulations Robert, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
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