Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)

Other Names (World)
Lesser Scaup, Bluebill, Little Bluebill, Broadbill

Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
41.50 - 43 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Eyton, 1838)

Range (Guide)

Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Canada (B) (P), Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (NB).

Vagrant to Denmark, France, Greenland, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Netherlands, Northern Mariana Islands, Portugal, Russia (Asian), Spain, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), United Kingdom.

Central Alaska to north-western USA, and east to Great Lakes.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 3,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) [XC709366]
by Ian Cruickshank from Point Pleasant Beach, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States (call)

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) [XC871073]
by id from Arrondissement de Quimper (near Pont-Croix), Finist\u00e8re, Bretagne, France (song)

Subspecies
Considered by some to form superspecies with Greater Scaup (Aythya marila).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) - 10 files

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