Birds of the World


Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) Male Range: NA: sw Alaska mainland to California, wc Quebec and w Minnesota Beaumaris Lake, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) Female Range: NA: sw Alaska mainland to California, wc Quebec and w Minnesota Beaumaris Lake, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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The Lesser Scaup has a narrower, taller head than the Greater Scaup, and is a bit smaller. The head may have a purple iridescence.


Redhead (Aythya americana) Male Range: NA: widespread Flamingo Gardens, Davie, Florida, USA
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Hardhead (Aythya australis) Male Range: AU: Australia and Tasmania, New Zealand, Grande Terre (New Caledonia) and Banks Is. to Tanna (n to s Vanuatu) Lake Dulverton, Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia
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Hardhead (Aythya australis) Female Range: AU: Australia and Tasmania, New Zealand, Grande Terre (New Caledonia) and Banks Is. to Tanna (n to s Vanuatu) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Baer's Pochard (Aythya baeri) Critically Endangered Range: PAL: se Siberia and n China


Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) Male Range: NA: widespread Vancouver, Canada
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Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) Female Range: NA: widespread Vancouver, Canada
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Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) Male Vulnerable Range: PAL: w Europe to c Asia and n China Hungary
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Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) Female Vulnerable Range: PAL: w Europe to c Asia and n China Hungary
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Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) Male
Range: PAL: widespread
Kirchhain, Germany

Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) Female
Range: PAL: widespread
Kirchhain, Germany

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Madagascar Pochard (Aythya innotata) Critically Endangered Range: AF: nw Madagascar (nearly extinct and now restricted to single lake in Banemavka area)


Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) Male Range: NA, PAL: subarctic Iceland and Scandinavia to Kamchatka and the Commander Is. (se Russia); Alaska to n Quebec Lake Sammamish State Park, Issaquah, Washington State, United States
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Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) Female Range: NA, PAL: subarctic Iceland and Scandinavia to Kamchatka and the Commander Is. (se Russia); Alaska to n Quebec
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In general more of a salt water duck than the Lesser Scaup, and note larger rounder head.


New Zealand Scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae) Male Range: AU: North and South Is. (New Zealand) Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA
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Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) Male Near Threatened Range: PAL: w Europe and nw Africa to c Asia Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA
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Also known as the White-eyed Duck (only male has a white eye).


Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) Male Range: NA: widespread Lake Sammamish State Park, Issaquah, Washington State, USA
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Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) Female Range: NA: widespread Zoo, Florida,
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