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Common Name

Lesser Scaup Duck

Alternate Names

Little Bluebill or Broadbill

Common Type

Duck

Order

Anseriformes

Family

Anatidae

Genus

Aythya

Species

affinis

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Kansas,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Breeding habitat is inland lakes and marshes in trunda areas and winter in lakes, rivers and coastal lagoons and bays..

Distribution and Range

Breeds in Alaska through western Canada to western Montana, Central America in Winter

Food

Named from the Scottish word for clams, oysters and mussles which it feeds upon. Also feed upon aquatic animals.

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