Bufflehead

	Bufflehead
	Cat Given Name:	Duck
	Common Name(s):	Common Loon,  Mallard,  Canvasback,  Horned Grebe,  Wood Duck,  Green-winged Teal,  Red-throated Loon,  Ruddy Duck,  Blue-winged Teal,  Bufflehead,  Northern Shoveler,  Gadwall,  American Wigeon,  Redhead,  Common Goldeneye,  Long-tailed Duck,  Hooded Merganser,  Lesser Scaup,  Common Merganser,  Pied-billed Grebe,  Ring-necked Duck,  Red-breasted Merganser,  Greater Scaup,  American Black Duck
	Other Name(s):	Great Northern Diver,  Wild Duck,  Slavonian Grebe,  Devil-diver,  Hell-diver,  Pink-Eyed Diver,  Water Witch,  Carolina Duck,  Red-throated Diver,  Shoveler,  American Widgeon,  Baldplate,  Oldsquaw,  Harelda hyemalis,  Mergus cucullatus
	Scientific Name(s):	Gavia immer,  Anas platyrhynchos,  Aythya valisineria,  Podiceps auritus,  Aix sponsa,  Anas carolinensis,  Gavia stellata,  Oxyura jamaicensis,  Anas discors,  Bucephala albeola,  Anas clypeata,  Anas strepera,  Anas americana,  Aythya americana,  Bucephala clangula,  Clangula hyemalis,  Lophodytes cucullatus,  Mergus merganser,  Anas rubripes
	Physical Description:	The Bufflehead is a small, black-and-white bird with a small gray bill and a white patch on the side of its head. Like most ducks, its feathers are oily, which help with its aquatic lifestyle
	Physical Statistics:	Length: 13 - 16 Inches (32 - 40 Centimeters) Weight: 10 - 22 Ounces (272 - 635 Grams) Wingspan: 22 Inches (55 Centimeters)
	Behavior:	Buffleheads live in freshwater ponds and small lakes, where they dive underwater for insects, mollusks, and crustaceans. They build nests and lay eggs inside cavities of trees near the water.
	Social Organization:	Buffleheads are known to be one of the few ducks who mate for life.
	Approval Level*:	Moderator; Buffleheads are a little more common than most ducks, because they can live in smaller ponds, but they are still rather uncommon in the Clans' territories.
	Kill Difficulty:	Moderate; Buffleheads are small for ducks, but can still buffet a cat with their wings hard enough to injure with the right hit.
	Hunting Difficulty:	Specialty - Duck; Cats will need to learn the specific way to catch these water-dwelling birds.
	Food Quality:	Medium; Buffleheads produce a rich flesh of good taste, but one can feed multiple cats.
*Some creatures require approval to appear in RP. This is to make sure the Admins and Mods who need to know are fully aware of a species currently active in their area. These ratings are mainly for those creatures that are uncommon or pose a threat of some sort to the cats.