Species profile
greater scaup
Aythya marila
Quick answer
Breeding regions are NA, PAL. Breeding subregions are subarctic Iceland and Scandinavia to Kamchatka and the Commander Is. (se Russia); Alaska to n Quebec. Non breeding regions are to coasts of nw, ec Europe (e North Atlantic); Black and Caspian seas; Japan and Korean Pen. to e China and Taiwan (w North Pacific); c California (e North Pacific), Great Lakes, North Carolina (w North Atlantic).
- Scientific name
- Aythya marila
- Family
- Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Genus
- Aythya
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording greater scaup in your journal
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