Bird

Common Goldeneye

Bucephala clangula

A winter visitor to Alabama, found in 45 of 67 counties and 2 habitats.

Here: Winter
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: 45 of 67 counties
Habitats: 2

Male Common Goldeneye, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Jon Mortin, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 163158225. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Winter
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: 45 of 67 counties
Habitats: 2
Habitat models: Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Alabama 2

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 2

WinterOpen Water (Fresh)Regional / representative. Shown: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia; representative pond ecosystem, a neighboring state.Georgia pond and emergent wetland, Robert 'Bob' Hynes, 1997. Public domain. Source record.

Sounds, bays and tidal flats

Salt and brackish open water of sounds, bays and estuaries, with the mud and sand flats and seagrass beds that tides cover and uncover; the vegetated marsh is salt and brackish marshes.

WinterOpen Water (Brackish/Salt)

All habitats

Seasons in Alabama

Winter: does not nest here, in 45 of 67 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Wildlife 96

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Alabama. Not sighting records.

White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Nyctanassa violacea
Birds. 2 shared habitats
American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Common Ground-dove
Columbina passerina
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Eastern Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Eurasian Wigeon
Anas penelope
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Mississippi Kite
Ictinia mississippiensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Purple Martin
Progne subis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
Birds. 1 shared habitat

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.