Ducks, Geese, Swans

Lesser Scaup

Aythya affinis

The Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) is an 819 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Ducks, Geese, Swans

Order

Anseriformes

Weight

819 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

41

Recorded in United States, Canada, Mexico, Netherlands, Costa Rica, United Kingdom, Cuba, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Sweden, BM, Spain, Portugal, KY, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Nicaragua, Denmark, Panama, Colombia, France, Curaçao, Dominican Rep., GP, Barbados, El Salvador, Norway, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, UM, Belgium, Germany, Iceland, BQ, Ireland, Haiti, VI, St. Pierre and Miquelon, AW, Taiwan.

Where to see it: Meagre Bay Pond IBA · Pad (Cayman Islands); Eau Piquant Pond (Saint Lucia); Midway Atoll · Brackish Seep (United States Minor Outlying Islands); Etang Laborde (Haiti); Woodbourne Shorebird Refuge (Barbados).

Photo: (c) Madeleine Claire, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist