Greater scaup

Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) No photo of the Greater Scaup available. The Greater Scaup is from the order Anseriformes. Anseriformes are birds, with over 150 species belonging to this order.

Greater Scaup Photos Click on the thumbnail for high-resolution photos. Click here for the species description page for the Greater Scaup. Greater Scaup 1 ...

Greater Scaup hen. Note bright yellow iris. Greater Scaup drake in alternate plumage. Note typical head shape; green sheen visible on neck. Flock ...

Greater Scaup Credit: 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.

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.

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).

Adult female Greater Scaup; Coronado, CA Figure 1. Distribution of Greater Scaup in North America.

Greater Scaup (scroll down) ... Lesser Scaup ... New Zealand Scaup The Greater Scaup (Aythya marila), or just Scaup in Europe, is a small diving duck.

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.

Greater Scaup Fall Sighting Information: uncommon Nest on or near Refuge? no Lesser Scaup Fall Sighting Information: uncommon Nest on or near Refuge? no ...

Greater Scaup A common sight on San Francisco 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; ...

Greater Scaup 12. Black Kite 13. Common Sandpiper 14. Herring Gull 15. Black-tailed Gull 16. Ancient Murrelet 1 17. Japanese Murrelet 7 18. Oriental Turtle-dove 19. Common Kingfisher 20. Greater Spotted Woodpecker (call) 21.

Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw) (Clangula hyemalis) ...

Redhead - Aythya americana Greater Scaup - Aythya marila Ring-necked Duck Behaviour No observations regarding Ring-necked Duck behavior have been submitted to the database yet.

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 ...

THE SCAUP DUCK.--FLOCKING FOWL. [Greater Scaup.] FUGIGULA MARILA, Linn. [Aythya marila.] ...

Relatives in same Genus Redhead (A. americana) Ring-necked Duck (A. collaris) Tufted Duck (A. fuligula) Greater Scaup (A. marila) Canvasback (A. valisineria) ...

Aythya marila - Greater Scaup Aythya affinis - Lesser Scaup Somateria Somateria mollissima - Common Eider Somateria spectabilis - King Eider Somateria fischeri - Spectacled Eider Polysticta Polysticta stelleri - Steller's Eider (photo) ...

See also: Scaup, Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Scoter, Gadwall