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    (c) John D Reynolds, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Steven McGrath, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Doug Greenberg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) Matt Goff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    (c) JamesTafu, all rights reserved

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Barrow's Goldeneye

Bucephala islandica

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About

Barrow's goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) is a medium-sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. This bird was named after Sir John Barrow. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek boukephalos, "bullheaded", from bous, "bull " and kephale, "head", a reference to the bulbous head shape of the bufflehead. The species name islandica means Iceland.

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