Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Anseriformes > Family: Anatidae > Genus: Bucephala > Species: Bucephala islandica

Barrow's Goldeneye - Bucephala islandica (Gmelin, 1789)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Near Threatened (IUCN)
Protected by	3 international agreements
Natura 2000 species code	A505

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Near Threatened

Not evaluated

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (Bonn Convention)	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement. (Migratory species of Anatidae)	http://www.cms.int/

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Amerikantelkkä	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Barrow's Goldeneye	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Garrot d'Islande	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Hohol islandský	Czech	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
IJslandse Brilduiker	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Islandsknipa	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Izlandi kerceréce	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Pato da Islândia	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Porrón Islándico	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Quattrocchi d'Islanda	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Sierpiec	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Spatelente	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
Anas islandica	Gmelin, 1789

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:02170	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Bucephala islandica	European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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