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scaup

Any of three species (genus Aythya, family Anatidae) of diving ducks. The greater scaup, or big bluebill (A. marila), breeds across Eurasia and most of the Nearctic region. The lesser scaup, or little bluebill (A. affinis), breeds in northwestern North America. Both are popular game birds, 15–20 in. (38–51 cm) long, that winter along the U.S. coasts. Males have a dark breast and grayish back but differ in head colour and wing markings; females are brown with white patches around the blue bill. Scaups eat mainly clams. The third species is the New Zealand scaup (A. novaeseelandiae).
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I'll never forget the first scaup I ever killed on purpose.
Scoffing at scaup by Wait, Paul / Wildfowl
Running the open water, you'll see a mix of lesser scaup ("bluebills"), canvasbacks, redheads and ring-necks.
Blast in the brine: coastal duck hunters use natural blinds for ... by Brown, David A. / Florida Sportsman
Other big birds in the region last week were an elusive, great white egret on Porthmadog's Glaslyn marshes, a glossy ibis in Foryd Bay, and whooper swans with a scaup on the Inland Sea.
bird notes by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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