42 Common Goldeneye

• A group of Common Goldeneyes are called a; Raft / Team.
• Unlike the Bufflehead the Goldeneye gathers in a large Raft of birds in the winter.
• It is distinguished differently from the Barrow's Goldeneye by the round white dot just above its black bill where the Barrow's has a Crescent shaped white spot.  The female Goldeneye has a brown head with a black bill with a yellow tip where as the Barrow's female is the same but has a all yellow bill.
• This colorful bird is also know as the Whistler because of the sound its rapidly beating wings make.
• Like the Bufflehead it also nests in trees but will nest in a burrow in the ground.
• Its territory is very similar to the Bufflehead and nests in the Boreal Forest.