Fast Facts
-Buffleheads are
never completely still. They are
always in motion.
-Buffleheads are the smallest diving ducks.
-Unlike a lot of other species of ducks, the
buffleheads' population has increased since the mid
1950s.
-Buffleheads are one of the fastest waterfowl due to
their rapid wing beat. They can reach flight speeds up
to forty-eight miles per hour.
-When buffleheads take flight, they barely have to
“run on the water” like other species of ducks.
-Besides bufflehead, other common names for Bucephala
albeola include butterball, spirit
duck, Hell-diver, bumblebee dipper, and robin dipper.
