Common Goldeneye Images, Facts and Information:
Bucephala clangula
- Common Goldeneyes are medium sized diving ducks with large heads with small, narrow bills. Males in breeding plumage are black and white with round white spots near their bills, bright yellow eyes and greenish heads, females have brown heads, bills with a yellow tip and gray backs and wings.
- Common Goldeneyes are migratory. They breed in northern regions of the U.S., Canada as well as Alaska and spend their winters along the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts along with inland lakes and rivers.
- Common Goldeneyes breed in boreal forests near lakes and rivers.
- Common Goldeneyes eat aquatic invertebrates, crustaceans, fish, fish eggs, mollusks, insects, insect larvae, seeds and tubers.
- Common Goldeneyes lay 5 to 19 eggs which hatch in 28 to 32 days. Females incubate and they are monogamous.
- A group of ducks can be called a “raft”, “paddling”, “flush” or “brace” of ducks.
- Common Goldeneyes can live to be about 20 years old.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Common Goldeneye photos.
Immature drake Common Goldeneye with a crayfish catch
Title: Immature drake Common Goldeneye with a crayfish catch
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/22/2022
Drake Common Goldeneye slide landing
Title: Drake Common Goldeneye slide landing
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/5/2023
Common Goldeneye drake running on thin ice with his shad
Title: Common Goldeneye drake running on thin ice with his shad
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/12/2023
Drake Common Goldeneye sliding on ice
Title: Drake Common Goldeneye sliding on ice
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/12/2023
Common Goldeneye with a shad running from a Great Blue Heron
Title: Common Goldeneye with a shad running from a Great Blue Heron
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/12/2023
Common Goldeneye drake running with his shad
Title: Common Goldeneye drake running with his shad
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/12/2023
Common Goldeneye drake with a fish in his bill
Title: Common Goldeneye drake with a fish in his bill
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/12/2023
Common Goldeneye with a shad followed by a Common Merganser
Title: Common Goldeneye with a shad followed by a Common Merganser
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/12/2023
Common Merganser following a Common Goldeneye with a shad
Title: Common Merganser following a Common Goldeneye with a shad
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/12/2023
Common Goldeneye with a fish running away from a Common Merganser
Title: Common Goldeneye with a fish running away from a Common Merganser
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/12/2023
Common Merganser chasing a Common Goldeneye with a shad
Title: Common Merganser chasing a Common Goldeneye with a shad
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/12/2023
Common Merganser following a Common Goldeneye with a shad
Title: Common Merganser following a Common Goldeneye with a shad
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/12/2023
Drake Common Goldeneye slipping on ice with prey in his bill
Title: Drake Common Goldeneye slipping on ice with prey in his bill
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/12/2023
Common Goldeneye drake with a shad
Title: Common Goldeneye drake with a shad
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/12/2023
First of season drake Common Goldeneye in Salt Lake County
Title: First of season drake Common Goldeneye in Salt Lake County
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/10/2022
Two drake Common Goldeneyes in winter
Title: Two drake Common Goldeneyes in winter
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/28/2022
First winter drake Common Goldeneye swimming with a crayfish in his bill
Title: First winter drake Common Goldeneye swimming with a crayfish in his bill
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/22/2022
Young Common Goldeneye drake with a crayfish breakfast
Title: Young Common Goldeneye drake with a crayfish breakfast
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/22/2022
Young male Common Goldeneye with a crayfish in his bill
Title: Young male Common Goldeneye with a crayfish in his bill
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/22/2022
Young Common Goldeneye drake swallowing a crayfish
Title: Young Common Goldeneye drake swallowing a crayfish
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/22/2022