buffleheads in English

noun
1
a small North American diving duck related to the goldeneye, with a large puffy head. The male has white plumage with a black back.
Neophytes at duck identification often confuse a bufflehead with a male hooded merganser when the latter's crest is raised showing a large patch of white feathers.
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1. Buffleheads are small, compact ducks with large, rounded heads

2. Buffleheads are small diving ducks that exhibit strong sexual dimorphism

3. Unlike most ducks, Buffleheads keep the same mate for several years

4. Buffleheads, those small black and white ducks with the curious head plumage, should be familiar to those who spend time during the winter near inlets and coastal bays in New York

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6. ‘Arctic terns, Mew gulls, scaup, shoveler, buffleheads, Baldpates, yellow legs and various passerines were observed.’ ‘Examples of dabbling ducks are the mallards, cinnamon teals, shovellers, green and blue-winged teals, pintails, black ducks, Baldpates and gadwalls.’