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Scaup is the
common name for
three species of
diving duck:
Greater scaup, or just "
scaup",
Aythya marila Lesser scaup,
Aythya affinis New
Zealand scaup...
- and
lesser scaups are each other's
closest relatives, with the
tufted duck as the next
closest relative of the pair. The
greater scaup's English name...
- for
hybrids between the two
scaup species, the most
reliable mark is the
black bill-tip of hybrids,
whereas in the
scaups only the very
point ("nail")...
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lakes and ponds. New
Zealand scaups lay
around 7 eggs and the
ducklings are
immediately capable of
diving to feed.
Adult scaups can dive to at
least 3 metres...
- The
diving ducks,
commonly called pochards or
scaups, are a
category of duck
which feed by
diving beneath the
surface of the water. They are part of Anatidae...
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ferruginous duck and baer's pochard) and
scaups (New
Zealand scaup, ring-necked duck,
tufted duck,
greater scaup,
lesser scaup). The
redhead is a pochard, a diving...
- the
German zoologist Friedrich Boie, with the type
species being greater scaup. The name
Aythya comes from the
Ancient Gr**** word αἴθυιᾰ (ait****a), which...
- Markermeer. It is an
important habitat for
birds such as the
tufted duck and
scaup. The
IJmeer is bordered, and
separated from the IJ, by the
Oranje Locks...
- Wood****
Waterfowl Black duck
Canada goose Canvasback Gadwall Greater scaup Lesser scaup Mallard Northern pintail Redhead Ross's
goose Snow
goose Wood duck...
- ruffs, short-eared owls,
common terns,
Arctic terns,
little terns,
greater scaups,
common eiders,
common goldeneyes, and red-breasted mergansers. The Little...
