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Learn about the Common Goldeneye, a medium-sized duck with a triangular head and a sloping bill. Find out how to identify its male and female plumage, its whistling flight, and its nesting and feeding habits.
Learn about the common goldeneye, a medium-sized sea duck with golden-yellow eyes, found in the taiga of the Northern Hemisphere. Find out its taxonomy, description, distribution, behaviour, food, predators and conservation status.
Learn about the Common Goldeneye, a large-headed duck with a bright amber eye and a distinctive whistling flight. Find out where and when to see it, how it breeds and feeds, and how to distinguish it from similar species.
Learn about the Common Goldeneye, a diving duck with a distinctive white spot before its eye and a whistling flight. Find out its range, habitat, behavior, diet, nesting, and conservation status.
A striking medium-sized duck. Widespread across much of North America, Europe, and Asia, where it is found in a variety of wetland habitats. Breeds on lakes, ponds, and marshes, and winters on inland lakes and rivers or coastal bays and nearshore waters.
Common Goldeneyes are compact, fast-flying ducks that reach speeds of over 40 miles an hour. In flight their wings make a distinctive whistling noise. Unlike many diving ducks, they only need to run or “patter” a short 3 to 6 feet across the water before taking off.
In North America, the Common Goldeneye breeds in tree cavities across the boreal forest regions of Canada and Alaska. The Western population has shown a stable or decreasing trend in the last two decades following a long-term increase between the 1960s and the 1990s.
