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#39 - The Lesser Scaup
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One of the main characteristics of the Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis, is its
unique blue bill and so this small diving duck is often nicknamed Bluebill.
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Male Lesser Scaups
The male Lesser Scaup has a black-purple, glossy head, black tail and whitish body with a gray and white back.
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Female Scaup
Male Lesser Scaup
Both sexes have yellow eyes and bit of a peak at the back of the head. The female (left) is shades of brown with a white patch at the base of the bill. Adults are about 17 in/43 cm long with a wingspan of 26 in/66 cm.
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A pair of Lesser Scaups
This is a relatively common duck which breeds in the tundra, prairies and great plains of North America, making nests in marshes near lakes and ponds. It feeds by diving down for invertebrates.
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