Bufflehead

Bufflehead: for more photos, see Sitka Nature Photo Gallery for Bucephala albeola

Locale	Sp	Su	F	W	Br
SE Alaska (edit)	C	VR	C	C	-
Yakutat (edit)	C	R	C	C	R
Skagway (edit)	C	U	C	C	-
Haines (edit)	C	+	C	C	-
Glacier Bay (edit)	C	R	C	C	-
Juneau (edit)	C	R	C	C	-
Sitka (edit)	FC	+	FC	FC	-
Stikine (edit)
S Outer Islands (edit)
Ketchikan (edit)	C	-	C	C	-
Offshore (edit)

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola): Common migrant and winter resident. Rare in the northern part of the region, and absent in the southern part in the summer. Found on nearshore salt water habitats, and also regularly seen on lakes, ponds, and streams.

Reported to be a Rare nester in the vicinity of Yakutat, elsewhere breeding is not known to occur.

• Check U for Summer in SGY
• Breeding for Yakutat, update regional to Y?
• Migration timing? Apparently pretty consistent in Sitka over the years, also elsewhere?

SEAK QBR Mentions

• None

Local Notes

• Glacier Bay/Bufflehead: Bufflehead are common in salt and fresh water except in summer. (edit)
• Haines/Bufflehead: (edit)
• Juneau/Bufflehead: (edit)
• Ketchikan/Bufflehead: (edit)
• Sitka/Bufflehead: Fairly Common from mid-October through April. Most often found on salt water, but in smaller numbers on freshwater. Most easily observed at the Airport lagoon, between Crescent Harbor and Totem Park, Swan Lake, and Starrigavan. (edit)
• Skagway/Bufflehead: (edit)
• Yakutat/Bufflehead: (edit)

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References

Weblinks

• All About Birds Page for Bufflehead
• Search Arctos Database for Bufflehead (Southeast only)
• Search Arctos Database for Bufflehead (entire database)
• Encyclopedia of Life search for Bucephala albeola
• iNaturalist Observations for Bucephala albeola in Southeast Alaska

Other References

• Heinl Piston 2009
• Webster 2005

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  Male and female Buffleheads

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  Plot of Bufflehead observations in Sitka

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