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Greater Scaup
[Aythya marila]
[Length 18 in. Wingspan 28 in.]
Greater scaup occur in the northern portions of North America, Europe, and Siberia.
In North America they breed in northwestern Canada and Alaska.
They winter along both coasts and the Great Lakes, but are rarely found inland.
The male Greater Scaup is distinguished from the similar Lesser Scaup by the characteristic rounded head shape and large "nail" at the tip of the bill.
The female is a brownish bird with a white patch at the base of the bill and sometimes a whitish area on the side of the head.
This male was photographed at the Lake Hood Seaplane Marina, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film.
(Date: June 1989)
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