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| The Common Goldeneye is a duck-sized aquatic bird (Family: Anatidae, Order: Anseriformes). The female goldeneye has a black head, a black neck, and black wings, and a gray-to-white breast, and white patches on its wings. The eyes of the goldeneye are golden colored. | |
| The goldeneye' spoon shaped black bill has a brown tip. The photo shows the female form of the goldeneye that does not have male form white patches on its cheeks. The goldeneyes (Bucephala spp.) have bulky triangular heads. | |
| The goldeneye is hunted for sport in California. |