Definition of Bucephala islandica

1. Noun. North American goldeneye diving duck.

Exact synonyms: Barrow's Goldeneye
Generic synonyms: Bucephela Clangula, Goldeneye, Whistler

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bucephala Islandica

Buarainech
Bubalus
Bubalus bubalis
Bubalus mindorensis
Bubba
Buber
Bubo virginianus
Bubulcus
Bubulcus ibis
Bucalemo
Bucalemu
Bucaramanga
Buccinidae
Bucconidae
Bucephala
Bucephala islandica (current term)
Bucephela albeola
Bucephela clangula
Bucerotidae
Buchanan
Bucharest
Bucharesti
Bucharestian
Bucharestians
Buchloe
Buchloe dactyloides
Buchner
Buchner extract
Buchner funnel
Buchwald's atrophy

Literary usage of Bucephala islandica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"Bucephala islandica, Baird, 1858.—Clangula islandica, Bonap., 1842. Figure 24. Extremely like the common Golden-eye, the males practically alike except in ..."

2. The Coues Check List of North American Birds by Elliott Coues (1882)
"Note on Bucephala islandica. — Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, No. 2, April, 1879, pp. 126, 127. 245. Letters on Ornithology. No. 19.—The Curlews [Numenius] of ..."

3. The Birds of Canada: With Descriptions of Their Habits, Food, Nests, Eggs by Alexander Milton Ross (1871)
"... Bucephala islandica.—Barrow's Duck. This duck breeds in the arctic regions. Visits Canada late in the fall. Head and neck, violet- blue ; a large white ..."

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