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Bufflehead - (Bucephala albeola) 

Identification

  • Small diving duck
  • Male black above, white below, large
         white patch on sides and back of head
  • Female dark brownish above, grey below
  • Small white ear patch
  • 13.5" (34 cm.)

Habitat

  • Ponds, lakes, rivers

Additional Information

  • Common migrant
  • Nests in tree cavities in the boreal forest; 
  • Winters in southern U.S., usually along the  coast

Two male buffleheads in water

Male and female buffleheads in water

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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