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Basic Description. The male Common Goldeneye adds a bright note to winter days with its radiant amber eye, glistening green-black head, and crisp black-and-white body and wings. The female has a chocolate brown head with the same bright eye that gives this species its name. These distinctively shaped, large-headed ducks dive for their food ...
The male Common Goldeneye adds a bright note to winter days with its radiant amber eye, glistening green-black head, and crisp black-and-white body and wings. The female has a chocolate brown head with the same bright eye that gives this species its name. These distinctively shaped, large-headed ducks dive for their food, eating mostly aquatic invertebrates and fish. They nest in tree cavities ...
Description. 16-20" (41-51 cm). Male has roundish white spot before yellow eye, black head and back contrast with white chest and sides. Female has chocolate brown head contrasting with gray body, often has yellow tip on black bill (but bill may be all dark in summer). Young male resembles female through middle of first winter.
Common goldeneyes are carnivores (molluscivores, insectivores). They feed year-round on crustaceans, aquatic insects, and mollusks. Insects are the predominant prey while nesting and crustaceans are the predominant prey during migration and winter. They may also eat fish eggs and aquatic plants. Diet Carnivore, Insectivores, Molluscivore.
Common goldeneyes are diving birds that forage under water. Year-round, about 32% of their prey is crustaceans, 28% is aquatic insects and 10% is molluscs. [ 15 ] Insects are the predominant prey while nesting and crustaceans are the predominant prey during migration and winter. Locally, fish eggs and aquatic plants can be important foods.
In 2019 and 2020, between 85,000 and 100,000 goldeneyes (both Common and Barrow Goldeneye species combined) were shot by hunters annually. Like other cavity-nesting birds, Common Goldeneyes depend on forestry practices that retain dead trees on the landscape. Nest boxes have been used to reestablish populations in areas with few nesting trees.
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Where Do Goldeneyes Live? (Including Migration Info) Goldeneyes breed primarily in the Scottish Highlands. In winter, they spread across the UK, frequenting rivers, lakes, and coastal areas. These birds are winter visitors from Northern Europe, augmenting the UK’s resident population. Bird Calls & Songs (The Unique Voices of Goldeneyes)
