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Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
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The Greater Scaup is from the order Anseriformes. Anseriformes are birds, with over 150 species belonging to this order.
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Greater ScaupCredit: Wikipedia Download full size image The Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) or just Scaup in Europe, is a species diving duck found in northern Arctic and sub-Arctic North America and Asia.
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Occ lays eggs in nests of other Greater Scaups; clutches >11 likely result from such brood parasitism. Nests occ clustered, appearing semicolonial. Male deserts when incubation begins. Females often combine broods and cooperatively tend and defend.
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Greater Scaup
Aythya marila (Linnaeus)
Status Fairly common transient, uncommon in winter. Autumn arrivals are generally first reported in October (average 18 October, earliest 16 September).
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Greater Scaup Aythya marila. Uncommon to rare in winter, spring, and fall in Gulf Coast and Tennessee Valley regions. Occasional in winter and spring in Inland Coastal Plain and Mountain regions. Found on relatively deep lakes, rivers, and bays.
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Greater Scaup Fall Sighting Information: uncommon Nest on or near Refuge? no Lesser Scaup Fall Sighting Information: uncommon Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
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Greater ScaupA common sight on San Fran cisco Bay and elsewhere on the west coast, Scaup are sometimes seen in rafts of hundreds, even thousands. White flank, gray back, black head, gray bill. Not very colorful.
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SCAUP DUCK; GREATER SCAUP DUCK; BROADBILL; BLUEBILL; BLACKHEAD. Ad.--Head, neck, breast, and upper back black, the top and sides of the head with generally greenish reflections; back and scapulars with wavy black and white bars; speculum white; ...
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All are less common during the summer months and in more southern areas. The Greater Scaup is found along the coasts. Only the Ring-neck Duck breeds in Florida, but not regularly. NCS SpSuFW ...
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THE SCAUP DUCK.--FLOCKING FOWL. [ Greater Scaup.] FUGIGULA MARILA, Linn. [Aythya marila.] ...
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In general, life history and demographic aspects are less well known for this species than for other North American Aythya (except the Greater Scaup [Aythya marila]), the Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), prairie-nesting waterfowl, and Arctic-nesting geese, ...
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 See also: Scaup, Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Scoter, Gadwall
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