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Lesser Scaup

Aythya affinis ORDER: ANSERIFORMES FAMILY: ANATIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Two scaup species live in North America: the Greater Scaup prefers salt water and is found in America and Eurasia, while the Lesser Scaup prefers freshwater and is found only in North America. The Lesser Scaup is one of the most abundant and widespread of the diving ducks in North America

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Calls

  • Calls
    Recorded by William W. H. Gunn, Robert C. Stein
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Male makes faint whistled "whe-o" in courtship. Female makes grating "garf, garf."

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