Taxon biology ³

As its name says, this duck has a golden eye. Males have a white spot under their eyes, making it look like they are wearing glasses. You can see goldeneyes along the Dutch coast in the winter, where they dive for food on the sea floor. They often make their nests in hollow trees. When the young ducklings hatch, they let themselves fall out of the tree in order to follow their mother to water.

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More Info

• iNat taxon page
• All About Birds-- The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• CalPhotos
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• VertNet
• Xeno-canto
• 日本のレッドデータ検索システム

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