Bufflehead
Bucephala albeola
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAnseriformes
- FamilyAnatidae (Anàtids)
- GenusBucephala (Goldeneyes and Bufflehead)
- SpeciesBucephala albeola (Bufflehead)
Closest Relatives at Celestún Biosphere Reserve
Blue-winged Teal
Spatula discors
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
Redhead
Aythya americana
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Canvasback
Aythya valisineria
American Wigeon
Mareca americana
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifrons
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Bufflehead in Celestún Biosphere Reserve?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Bufflehead sighting in Celestún Biosphere Reserve, based on 44 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Bufflehead in Celestún Biosphere Reserve?
December has the highest sighting rate for Bufflehead in Celestún Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.